PAARL, South Africa – Against the craggy grey-blue Haweqwa mountain range surrounding the wine-growing area of South Africa's Western Cape, a distinctive wooden structure has risen. Wood planks have ...

Michael Wilson sits in his cell at his rural Lawrence home on a recent day. Wilson spends time in the reconfigured shed, studying and contemplating his faith. The 55-year-old Lawrence man has ...

JARRATT, Va. | Kendall Gibson would seem to be one of Virginia’s most dangerous prisoners. For more than 10 years, he has lived in segregation at the Greensville Correctional Center, spending at least ...

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. >> THIS ONE HERE IS THE ONE I LIKE THE BEST TODAY. >> TO MOST PEOPLE, IT IS MARIJUANA, BUT JESSE SCHWORCK CONSIDERS IT A RELIGIOUS SACRAMENT, PART OF THE WORSHIP AT THIS RASTAFARIAN ...

The tops came off, and the wallets came out. A Yuba County strip club, feeling particularly philanthropic, used its abundant assets — topless ladies — in a weekend carwash to raise money for two ...

Tyrone Iras Marhguy had to make a difficult decision after being accepted to the high school of his choice: his faith or his education. An official at the academically elite Achimota School in Ghana ...

Damon Landor is an observant of the Rastafarian religion. A tenant of the religion frowns upon cutting one’s hair, specifically locs. The Supreme Court ruled Damon Landor, a practicing Rastafarian, ...

BULL BAY, Jamaica — The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica”s southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand. Around him at the ...

An explanation of the various Rastafarian beliefs, and how they are interpreted in recent times. There is no formal Rastafari creed and there are slight differences in the views of different groups.

An Orthodox Rastafarian woman had a “piece of her taken away” when she was forced to reveal her dreadlocks to police after being falsely accused of stealing $7 worth of groceries, the Daily News has ...

The former first daughter talks about family time at their Crawford ranch What does former First Lady Laura Bush have on her iPod? The answer may surprise you. “My mom’s a secret Rastafarian,” her ...