News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion, and requires all provisions of the law to be consistent with Islam. The constitution also states, “subject to law, public order, and morality, every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice, and propagate his religion." The courts continued...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Alleged Chase Bank Robber Dillon Arnez Davis Arrested in Langston, Oklahoma.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and protects freedom of religion, conscience, and belief. It also mandates the separation of church and state. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious affiliation and inciting hatred or “disaffection" against any religious group. Religious...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the state religion, and the state is required to contribute to its maintenance. The constitution prohibits the state from impeding the free exercise of religions that do not impugn “universal morality or proper behavior." It provides opportunity for redress...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution and other laws guarantee freedom of religion and include provisions for the protection of religious minority groups. Religious denominations recognized in law or registered as religions receive state support and access to the army, hospitals, retirement homes, penitentiaries, and orphanages.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution protects the freedom to practice one’s religion and prohibits the incitement of religious hatred, violence, or discrimination. Religious groups must register with county or city courts to receive tax benefits. The government held a memorial event for victims of the Holocaust. The government sponsored educational programs for teachers on best classroom practices for teaching about the Holocaust.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. The Constitutional Review Commission shelved a parliamentary proposal to prohibit the worship of non-Christian faiths on the grounds that the proposed ban would be a violation of religious...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to federal gun charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Carlos Lamont Gray, 26, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a separate prosecution, Edward William Blake, Jr., 52, of Belle in Kanawha County, entered his guilty plea to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, with certain exceptions, and protection against governmental discrimination on the basis of creed. The government deported a U.S. pastor from the Faithful World Baptist Church on September 20 for visa improprieties and for his participation in a radio...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion or traditional belief. The preamble to the constitution refers to traditional Christian values, but there is no state religion. In April the minister of internal affairs suggested amending the constitution...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states Islam is the “religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony." Federal and state governments have the power to control doctrine among Muslims and promote Sunni Islam above all other religious groups. Other forms of Islam are illegal and subject...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to worship and to change religion. It prohibits discrimination based on belief. A colonial-era law criminalizing the practices of Obeah and Myalism remains in effect, but is not enforced. Rastafarians stated acceptance of their...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Isaiah Gallegos, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on an armed bank robbery charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $9.2 Million to Settle False Billing Allegations.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The National Association of Interpretation has announced its 2017 Media Award Winners and the Big South Fork orientation film, Generations, placed first in the Long Video category.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. Catholics reported violence and harassment toward clergy members in response to their political activism. Armed men dressed in Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) uniforms...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Will Receive a Ten-Year Prison Sentence.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion, but mandates equality for all faiths. The government maintained its authority over all Islamic matters and institutions, including assets and personnel of all mosques. Implementation of the decree effecting state control of mosques, conversion...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for the freedom to change religion or belief and the freedom to show and spread religious belief through worship, teaching, observance, or practice. The law designates the Congregational Christian Church as the state church and allows it to conduct “special services on major events." Traditional island councils reportedly discouraged public meetings of several minority religious groups, and religious bans by traditional leaders remained in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Stephenville, Texas, resident, Kristopher Ray Facio, 26, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 480 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2017 to an information charging one count of attempted coercion and enticement, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
