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Friday November 14, 2008
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
Sky Kingdom teapot cult At the height of his popularity, the self-styled Prophet had four wives and had a following of 21 followers, including a police inspector and a drummer of a rock group, all whom were arrested and are now on trial.

Known for his giant structures of a teapot, vase, umbrella, concrete boat and a “palace” at his commune, he had claimed God was human and his deviant teachings included not making Friday prayers compulsory.
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Tuesday March 4, 2008
IslamSky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
In Malaysia, quitting Islam gets you a jail term.
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Tuesday February 19, 2008
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
An Islamic court in Malaysia refuses to allow a woman to reject Islam in favor of a religious cult.
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Sunday November 26, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
A member of the Sky Kingdom sect, a quasi-religious movement persecuted by the Malaysian governmetn, who declared herself to be a non-Muslim in order to avoid a penalty, must appear before an Islamic court.
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Monday October 2, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
Not many people visit the site where the controversial deviationist sect Sky Kingdom once stood. The gleaming structures are all gone.
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Tuesday September 26, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
The Terengganu government has dismissed any possibility of the defunct Sky Kingdom cult being revived by one of its founder’s followers.
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More than a year after 66-year-old cult leader Ayah Pin had gone into hiding, the Sky Kingdom is now believed to have a new and younger head.
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Wednesday June 21, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU: A follower of cult leader Ariffin Mohamad, a.k.a Ayah Pin, had declared herself an apostate to escape punishment.
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Wednesday May 3, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KOTA BARU: Cult leader Ariffin Mohamad or "Ayah Pin", now hiding in Narathiwat, southern Thailand, has not entered Malaysia for at least five months and is suffering from chronic diabetes.
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Wednesday April 5, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
JERTEH: The second mention of the case involving 18 followers of the Sky Kingdom sect took an unexpected turn at the Syariah Lower Court in Kampung Raja here.
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Tuesday April 4, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU: A Sky Kingdom sect follower told a Syariah official last year that she had made a declaration renouncing Islam here in 1989.
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Thursday March 9, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
JERTEH: The land on which a two-storey high teapot and a giant umbrella, all symbols of the Sky Kingdom sect, once stood majestically now resembled a wasteland.
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Monday March 6, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU, Sun. - The Syariah Court was told today that Ariffin Mohamad a.k.a. "Ayah Pin", the leader of a deviant sect known as the "Sky Kingdom", was regarded as "God" by his followers.
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Thursday February 23, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
PUTRAJAYA: An Ayah Pin follower has been granted leave by the Federal Court to challenge the validity of three provisions in two state enactments in Terengganu on the ground that the state legislative assembly (SLAT) had no power to enact them.
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Monday February 6, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU, Sun. - Kamariah Ali, a follower of cult leader Ariffin Mohamad, a.k.a. "Ayah Pin", wanted to be tried in the Syariah Court as an apostate.
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Monday January 16, 2006
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU: The High Court here has rejected an ex-parte leave application to cite two government officials for contempt of court over the destruction of structures at the Sky Kingdom commune.
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Saturday December 31, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court threw out a suit by two members of the Sky Kingdom sect seeking a declaration that they had the right to freedom of religion under the Constitution.
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Wednesday November 23, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
BESUT: Three wives of Sky Kingdom sect leader Ariffin Mohamad, better known as Ayah Pin, were charged in the Lower Syariah Court here with being followers of deviant teachings.
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Monday October 31, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA TERENGGANU: The High Court here deferred contempt proceedings filed against two land officers relating to the demolition of structures at the Sky Kingdom deviationist sect in Hulu Besut, following a request for more time to study points of law.
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Friday September 23, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- The Government Thursday explained its hesitancy in arresting Ariffin Mohamed or Ayah Pin and the estimated 600 members of the deviant sect he leads.
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Tuesday September 20, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
Sky Kingdom cult leader or Ariffin Mohamad or Ayah Pin has fled the country again, barely 24 hours after a photograph of a man believed to be him appeared in the newspapers today.
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Monday September 19, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
TUMPAT, Sun. - "Sky Kingdom" leader Ayah Pin or Ariffin Mohammad, who fled to Thailand after a mob attacked his commune in July, may be back in the country.
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Thursday September 1, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
ALL 45 followers of sect leader Ariffin Mohamad alias Ayah Pin will be represented by a lawyer before a hearing set for three days from Dec 18, this year.
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Tuesday August 23, 2005
Sky Kingdom | Ayah Pin:
BESUT, Aug 23 (Bernama) -- A former private college student Tuesday pleaded guilty in the Lower Syariah Court here to disobeying the orders of the Terengganu religious affairs department to being a member of the Ayah Pin deviationist sect.
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Monday August 22, 2005
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KUALA TERENGGANU: The legality of the demolition of structures at the Sky Kingdom deviationist sect commune in Hulu Besut is now before the High Court here.
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