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Eden Community / Lia Eden

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Friday June 5, 2009
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Lia Eden The court found Lia guilty of religious blasphemy and incitement of hatred among religious adherents by proselytizing her religion – which she named God’s Kingdom of Eden – and delivering her messages to thousands of government institutions, including the Presidential Palace.

She has also called herself the Virgin Mary and her son Ahmad Mukti, Jesus Christ. Her followers have named the religion Salamullah, and declared all religions truthful.
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Monday December 15, 2008
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Lia Eden Cult leader Lia Aminuddin, a.k.a. Lia Eden, has refused legal representation, though the Jakarta Police have charged her with blasphemy, Lia’s spokesperson said Monday.

“She said divine revelation had not permitted her to be accompanied by any lawyer,” Lia spokesperson Saor Siagian told reporters at Jakarta Police headquarters, adding Lia would rely on divine support to defend herself.
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Thursday June 29, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA (Antara): The Central Jakarta Court on Thursday sentenced Lia Aminuddin, or Lia Eden, the leader of the religious sect God's Kingdom of Eden, to two years in prison for blasphemy. Prosecutors had been seeking a five-year sentence.
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Wednesday April 19, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Jakartar (ANTARA News) - The Central Jakarta Court on Wedenesday began hearing the case against Syamsuriati or Lia Eden, leader of the "Holy Throne of the Kingdom of Eden" community who is accused of disturbing public order by spreading a self-styled religion.
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Monday February 27, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA: Police have named a member of the God's Kingdom of Eden sect a suspect in a religious blasphemy case.
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Saturday February 25, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA: The case against Lia Aminuddin, the leader of sect God's Kingdom of Eden, will soon be taken to the Jakarta High Court as the case file has been completed, Detik.com reported Friday.
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Saturday February 4, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
A new cult calling itself Kerajaan Tuhan (Kingdom of God), which is based in Indonesia, is reaching out to Malaysians via the Internet, the mainstream Chinese papers reported.
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Monday January 16, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA: After much lobbying by lawyers and sympathizers, Lia Aminudin, leader of the controversial sect Kingdom of Eden, accepted an offer on Thursday to be represented by 50 lawyers.
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Tuesday January 10, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Javanese housewife Lia Aminuddin's intimate connection with all things celestial hasn't helped her get out of the grubby Jakarta police cell where she has been incarcerated for religious deviation.
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Friday January 6, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA: Dozens of students from the Jakarta State Islamic University (UIN) protested in front of the Jakarta Police Headquarters on Thursday condemning the arrest, for blasphemy, of Lia Aminuddin, the leader of The Eden sect.
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Wednesday January 4, 2006
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
The arrest of Lia Aminuddin, the leader of Salamullah or God's Kingdom of Eden sect left several questions as to why she is being prosecuted, while other "heretics" have not.
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Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Lia Aminuddin was born in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Aug. 21, 1947, the second of the six children of Zainab and Abdul Ghaffar Gustaman, a trader and preacher from a Muhammadiyah background.
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Saturday December 31, 2005
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) said here Friday it had issued a fatwa (ruling) against the religous sect led by Lia Aminuddin long ago and it was now up to the police to take further action against the group.
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Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Jakarta Police charged Lia Eden on Friday with blasphemy and released all of the God's Kingdom of Eden followers from detention late on Thursday.
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Friday December 30, 2005
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
In a move that many saw as unnecessary, Jakarta Police declared on Thursday Lia Eden and 32 of her followers suspects for defamation of religion a day after members of the cult were forcibly evacuated from their headquarters on Jl. Mahoni in Senen, Central Jakarta.
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Thursday December 29, 2005
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police have taken in 48 people believed to be members of an esotoric spiritual movement called "Eden Community" for questioning after their regular hub in central Jakarta was besieged by neighbors.
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Wednesday December 28, 2005
Eden Community / Lia Eden:
JAKARTA: Dozens of followers of Lia Eden, previously known as Lia Aminuddin, were evacuated by police on Wednesday from their headquarters on Jl. Mahoni, Central Jakarta, to a safe place after thousands of people surrounded the place.
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