http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25115/reggae-star-buju-banton-faces-drug-trial-in-florida http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25115/reggae-star-buju-banton-faces-drug-trial-in-florida#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:39:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25115 Before the Dawn," Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton crows about standing strong, though battered and bruised, in the face of a gathering darkness.

The songs sound prophetic — the four-time Grammy nominee recorded them before he was arrested on federal cocaine charges last December. The trial is scheduled to start Monday in Tampa — a week before the album's U.S. release. He faces a possible life sentence if convicted.

"I've been accused, wrongly convicted. Jah knows I'm innocent," he sings in his gravelly voice, invoking the Rastafarian God. "I've been badly singled out by beloved friends ... who sold me out."

Banton recorded the album's 10 songs last year in Kingston, Jamaica, before his arrest at his Miami-area home on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. A grand jury indictment also charged him with carrying a firearm during the course of a drug trafficking crime.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25115/reggae-star-buju-banton-faces-drug-trial-in-florida/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21746/rastafarian-marijuana http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21746/rastafarian-marijuana#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:07:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21746 Italy's highest criminal court has ruled that the fact Rastafarians consider marijuana use a religious sacrament should be taken into account if they are tried on trafficking charges, lawyers in a recent case and news reports said Friday.

The Court of Cassation threw out the drug trafficking conviction of a 44-year-old Italian Rastafarian, ruling that the amount he possessed was in line with the heavy use that comes with his religious beliefs.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21746/rastafarian-marijuana/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19906/rastafarianism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19906/rastafarianism#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:53:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19906/rastafarianism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19906/rastafarianism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18808/rastafarians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18808/rastafarians#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:07:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18808/rastafarians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18808/rastafarians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18252/rasta-temple-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18252/rasta-temple-raid#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 19:00:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18252/rasta-temple-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18252/rasta-temple-raid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17942/london-police-raid-rastafarian-temple http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17942/london-police-raid-rastafarian-temple#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:55:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17942/london-police-raid-rastafarian-temple http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17942/london-police-raid-rastafarian-temple/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17084/rastafarian-rips-treatment-at-county-jail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17084/rastafarian-rips-treatment-at-county-jail#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:44:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17084/rastafarian-rips-treatment-at-county-jail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17084/rastafarian-rips-treatment-at-county-jail/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9352/two-marijuana-proponents-convicted-of-possession http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9352/two-marijuana-proponents-convicted-of-possession#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:02:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=9352 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9352/two-marijuana-proponents-convicted-of-possession/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8771/weedman-sues-says-he-was-fired-for-his-beliefs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8771/weedman-sues-says-he-was-fired-for-his-beliefs#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:47:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8771 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8771/weedman-sues-says-he-was-fired-for-his-beliefs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8285/dagga-plan-up-in-smoke http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8285/dagga-plan-up-in-smoke#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:37:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8285 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8285/dagga-plan-up-in-smoke/feed 0