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.

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.

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.

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.

JAKARTA: Police have named a member of the God's Kingdom of Eden sect a suspect in a religious blasphemy case.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.