Woman jailed for bizarre faith (two years for worshipping giant teapot in Muslim Malaya)

The Windsor Star ^ | March 4, 2008 | Reuters

[propertius]

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court jailed on Monday a woman follower of a bizarre cult centred around a giant teapot for declaring herself an apostate while still a Muslim.

Apostasy -- deserting one's religion -- is a criminal offence in mainly Muslim Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam but which tolerates other major religions.

An Islamic court in the northeastern state of Terengganu sentenced Kamariah Ali, a 57-year-old former teacher, to two years in jail after she was found guilty of apostasy and refused to repent.

"What she did was not within the concept of freedom of religion," the news agency Bernama quoted judge Mohamad Abdullah as saying.

Kamariah, a widow with four children, was arrested in 2005 along with 57 other followers of the bizarre cult built around a giant teapot.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Worships a teapot ? Still saner and more rational than a Mohammadan any day of the week.

[tet68]

There has got to be more to this story, or is this just a
Tea-ser.

[Pontiac]

bizarre cult built around a giant teapot.

Is that more bizarre than a cult built around a dead schizophrenic pederast?

[djf]

Hey! We got American Idol and Paris Hilton!!

Come to your own conclusions.

[Jet Jaguar]

ping.

[mylife]

[Jet Jaguar]

Sorry. Wrong list.

[fieldmarshaldj]

If you worship Paris Hilton, wouldn’t you technically be worshipping chlamydia ?

[LRS]

Well, I have been known to bow before Mr. Coffee in the morning...

[Jet Jaguar]

ping

[HEY4QDEMS]

Don’t tease me bro.

[MaxMax]

Switching from Gaia to worshiping Obama is just as bad.
Goraphites will have their revenge soon enough.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The teapot in question (this looks more like a Lewis Carroll theme park).

[djf]

In fact I have a healthy respect for bacteria.
Paris is another story.

Sadly, as I get older, I am more and more convinced that things are pretty much random. Or at least that the weasels who lie and cheat and beat and connive end up way better than people who simply and humbly try to find honest answers.

Whatever is going on, I seem to have no conception or influence.

[fieldmarshaldj]

From 2005:

Dhimmi Watch

“Islam humiliated by giant teapot”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/006432.php

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yup. It’s gonna really suck if it turns out it didn’t matter if we were supposed to lie, cheat, and steal to get what we wanted... (’cuz I woulda done a lot more of that). ;-)

[Dr. Marten]

To hell in a tea bag with her!

[Vaquero]

This is my handle....this is my spout

[agere_contra]

Apostasy -- deserting one's religion -- is a criminal offence in mainly Muslim Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam but which tolerates other major religions.

No. It isn't a crime in Malaysia to desert your religion UNLESS you are a Muslim. And how can the article say Malaysia has respect for those other religions when you are not allowed to leave Islam?

[Ozone34]

This sounds like a case of the Kaaba calling the Kettle black.

[elcid1970]

The woman in Malaysia worshipping a giant teapot makes more sense than Imadamnnutjob in Iran worshipping a hole in the ground waiting for an imam to pop out.

[BuffaloJack]

Does the tea pot have red koolaid in it?

[Dumpster Baby]

This is my Temple. Am I in trouble?

[Flintlock]

How many heads has the teapot chopped off?

[Sender]

"Don't knock it, sweetie. Now, who's next?"

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Deification of a Teapot Ping!

[RGSpincich]

Back in the day, I (barely) remember worshiping a square bottle with black label. Think it came from Tennessee.

[Charles Henrickson]

Praise the giant Teapot,
Have no doubt;
Here is my candle,
I am devout.
When I hear my sentence,
Then I shout:
"The Pot will whistle
When I get out!"

[Charles Henrickson]

two years for worshipping giant teapot

Tea for two, and two for tea. . . .

[Charles Henrickson]

One Lumpur two?

[mikrofon]

So she got charged with a-pots-of-tea?

[LexBaird]

I sense a tempest here.

[LexBaird]

We’re oolong way from brewing up bad puns here, I see.

[Charles Henrickson]

This whole thing is just a trespass in a teapot.

[Charles Henrickson]

Is that the Teapot Home Sandal?

[expatguy]

Now that was good...

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Dumpster Baby]

Is that the Teapot Home Sandal?

[chickpundit]

I LOVE a good cup of hot tea, but I haven’t taken it that far just yet.

I must say the teapot worshipping is a big step up from Islam. I hope this catches on in the middle east.

[kalee]

Can’t say I worship it, but I pay my respects to the teapot every afternoon around 3. Sometimes I even adorn it’s tray with shortbread, small sandwiches and flowers.

[kalee]

ping

[Daffynition]

FYI ...it's gone. ;)

Bulldozers tear down giant religious teapot

[John Leland 1789]

“Muslim Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam but which tolerates other major religions.”

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Now we’re to the place where “tolerate” must be defined specifically. May a Christian distribute Gospel literature on the street corners to Muslims in Malaysia.

No.

May a Christian meet a Muslim on the street and say, “If you have 15 minutes, I’d like to tell you my Christian testimony.” ??

He may try. And then he will see just how “tolerant” Malaysia is toward Christianity.

I suppose anyone is tolerated . . . IF he keeps his mouth shut.