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  2. Rastafari - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Religion originating in 1930s Jamaica Rastafari often claim the flag of the Ethiopian Royal Standard as was used during Haile Selassie's reign. It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green. Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that ...

  3. Rasta views of the afterlife - Wikipedia

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    Rastafari has diverse beliefs regarding the afterlife, salvation and death.Many Rastas believe in reincarnation or eternal life.These beliefs are usually informed by the idea of Jah as a divine presence inside every person, and therefore Rastas believe they can realise their own divinity through the practice of livity.

  4. Twelve Tribes of Israel (Rastafari) - Wikipedia

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    The twelve tribes have been described as the Rastafari mansion closest in beliefs to Christianity or Messianic Judaism. Members follow the teaching of reading the Bible (the Scofield Reference Bible, King James Version) a chapter a day from Genesis 1 - Revelation 22, a practice encouraged by Carrington.

  5. Rasta views on race - Wikipedia

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    The Abrahamic religion of Rastafari emerged in 1930s Jamaica. It centred on an Afrocentric ideology and from its origins placed importance on racial issues. According to Clarke, Rastafari is "concerned above all else with black consciousness, with rediscovering the identity, personal and racial, of black people". [1]

  6. God in Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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    Rastafari refer to God as Jah, [66] [67] [68] a shortened version of "Jehovah" in the King James Bible. [69] Jah is said to be immanent, [70] but is also incarnate in each individual. [71] This belief is reflected in the Rasta aphorism that "God is man and man is God". [72] Rastas describe "knowing" Jah, rather than simply "believing" in him. [73]

  7. Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the ...

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    Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne ...

  8. Rastafarian asks Supreme Court to let him sue prison guards ...

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    Landor is supposed to be protected by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, passed unanimously by Congress in 2000 to prevent state and local prisons from placing arbitrary or ...

  9. Judaism and Rastafari - Wikipedia

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    However, the philosophy behind many customs is what truly differentiates the two religions. There are stark differences in some core beliefs in regards to the messianic prophecies, apprehensions behind traditions, and even dietary restrictions. However, they are more similar rather than different on a vast spectrum of ideas, values and ethics.