Rastafarianism
Thursday January 13, 2005
Rastafarianism: The remains of Bob Marley, whose lyrics became the rallying cry of black liberationists in the Third World and dope-smoking students in the West, are to be reburied in Ethiopia 23 years after his death.
Friday November 12, 2004
Rastafarianism: Two proponents of legalizing marijuana were convicted yesterday of misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana during three protests at Independence National Historical Park after a federal judge rejected their claim that smoking was constitutionally protected because they are Rastafarians.
Wednesday September 22, 2004
Rastafarianism: A Burlington County man has filed a lawsuit against a former employer he claims fired him after learning of his political views and religious beliefs.
Wednesday August 11, 2004
Rastafarianism: Knysna - It seems as if the idea for the first Amsterdam-style coffee shop in South Africa is going up in smoke.
Thursday June 17, 2004
Rastafarianism: High tea will be on offer in Knysna next month, if a Rastafarian community opens the country's first dagga "coffee shop".
Saturday June 12, 2004
Rastafarianism: Evangelism targeting members of the Rasta community form one of the major articles included in the June 2004 edition of Charisma magazine.
Monday April 12, 2004
Rastafarianism: Rastas neither cut their hair nor comb it, based on an interpretation of the Bible, nor do they eat meat or consume drugs - legal or illegal - with the exception of marijuana, which they consider sacred.
Tuesday March 23, 2004
Rastafarianism: After a lifetime of campaigning for the repatriation of Rastafarians to Ethiopia, their spiritual homeland, Jah Lloyd, the outspoken Rastafarian activist, died last week in that east African country, Sunday Observer sources said. Jah Lloyd, whose real name is Lloyd Young, was in his 60s.
Tuesday November 18, 2003
Rastafarianism: For decades the Rastafarian community, in their spiritual home here, had not been taken seriously and Ethiopians have even termed them as ludicrous.
Monday November 3, 2003
Rastafarianism: ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- Rastafarians in Tortola for a weeklong summit praised the new government for revoking a law banning their entry to the British Virgin Islands.
Friday August 29, 2003
Rastafarianism: ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- Rastafarians can now legally visit this British Caribbean territory, following the removal of an executive order banning the religion's adherents from entering, the government said Thursday.
Wednesday July 16, 2003
Rastafarianism: The Associated Press, July 16, 2003
Monday February 10, 2003
Rastafarianism: A victory for the Church of Haile SelassieThe Globe and Mail (Canada), Feb. 6, 2003
Saturday December 21, 2002
Rastafarianism: Jamaica Observer, Dec. 21, 2002
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