JERTEH: The days appear to be numbered for the once vibrant Sky Kingdom sect commune at Kampung Batu 13 in Hulu Besut near here.

TUMPAT, KELANTAN, Sun. - Wanted cult leader Ariffin Mohamad, better known as Ayah Pin, is believed to be hiding in a village here.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Syariah High Court here postponed the trial of a Sky Kingdom sect follower after she told the court she did not know how to cross-examine a witness.

BESUT, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- Terengganu religious authorities will enlist as many government agencies as necessary to rehabilitate the Islamic faith of more than 1,000 followers of the Ayah Pin "Sky Kingdom" cult.

Malaysia this week demolished the rural commune of what it called a 'deviant' religious sect.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Forty-five members of a banned religious sect were charged Thursday with violating Islam, but Malaysian lawyers refused to defend them fearing a backlash from conservative Muslims and authorities, officials said.

(New York, August 4, 2005)—In its persecution of the Sky Kingdom, the Malaysian government is now denying members of the religious community basic due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Sky Kingdom members who will appear today before a Shariah court in Terrengganu province on charges of practicing a “deviant religion” do not have legal defense counsel or the opportunity to prepare a defense. On July 31, government officials violated a court order by demolishing the community’s religious structures.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Seventeen more followers of the Sky Kingdom sect were released on RM2,000 bail each by the Syariah High Court here.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Mon. - Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has defended the action taken by the Besut Land Office in tearing down structures in the Sky Kingdom commune, located in Kampung Batu 13, Hulu Besut, yesterday.

Authorities tore down a house-sized teapot, umbrella and boat that gained nationwide notoriety after a banned Malaysian religious sect built them in its commune, the sect's followers said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Muslim authorities kept up a hunt for the leader of Malaysia's bizarre "teapot" sect on Tuesday, despite criticism of a raid at the weekend to tear down the sect's commune, built around a giant teapot.

A religious commune in Malaysia's Muslim heartland that worshipped a bizarre collection of structures including a giant teapot, vase and umbrella was being torn down yesterday.

JERTIH, TERENGGANU, Mon. The three wives of "Sky Kingdom" sect leader Ariffin Mohamad, or Ayah Pin, were charged in the Syariah Lower Court today with not adhering to the state fatwa which had ruled that Ayah Pin’s teachings were deviant.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Mon: TERENGGANU Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has defended the action taken by the Besut Land Office in tearing down structures in the Sky Kingdom commune, located in Kampung Batu 13, Hulu Besut, yesterday.

JERTEH: The giant teapot and other key structures at the Sky Kingdom commune came tumbling down yesterday after the Besut District Council sent in their demolition squad.

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