News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Courtney Tremel Louie, 24, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to serve a total of 141 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges relating to sex trafficking of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven J. Jenson, and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: This section includes Israel, including Jerusalem. In December 2017, the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It is the position of the United States that the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem are subject to final status negotiations between the parties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Marquise McCants, a/k/a Digga, age 26, of Baltimore, to life in prison for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF). In January 2018, McCants was convicted by a federal ...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: According to the Moroccan constitution, Islam is the religion of the state, and the state guarantees freedom of thought, expression, and assembly. The constitution also says the state guarantees to everyone the freedom to “practice his religious affairs." The constitution states the king holds the Islamic...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution defines the country as a secular state and provides for freedom of religion. The Committee for Social Accord (CSA), part of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), is responsible for religious issues. According to local and international observers, authorities imposed restrictions...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The new constitution adopted in August specifies Islam is the state religion and defines the national identity as being based on a single religion - Sunni Islam - but proclaims equality of rights and obligations for all regardless of religious belief. The constitution also specifies that the principles...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The provisional federal constitution (PFC) provides for the right of individuals to practice their religion, makes Islam the state religion, prohibits the propagation of any religion other than Islam, and stipulates all laws must comply with the general principles of sharia. Most areas of the country...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution bars the federal government from making any law that imposes a state religion or religious observance, prohibits the free exercise of religion, or establishes a religious test for a federal public office. Prime Minister Scott Morrison planned to introduce new religious freedom laws to...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the official religion. It guarantees freedom of worship as long as it does not conflict with public policy or morals. It states all persons are equal before the law, and prohibits discrimination on grounds of religious belief. The law prohibits blasphemy, proselytizing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that the U.S. Department of Justice honored the trial team which prosecuted the country’s first cyberstalking resulting in death case by awarding them the prestigious Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team on June...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Two Suburban Chicago Men Convicted of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and protects freedom of religion, conscience, and belief. It also mandates the separation of religion and state. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious affiliation and inciting hatred or “disaffection" against any religious group. Religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides every person the right to “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion," and specifies the separation of church and state. By law, eight “traditional" religious groups receive rights and privileges other groups do not. Three new religious groups registered during the year.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions. The government continued to provide guidance to imams throughout the country on the content of their sermons in its stated...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution states the state is secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for the right of individuals to choose and profess their religion. The High Authority of Communication banned three private radio stations from activity, stating it considered these stations as having a “denominational"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Defendant was previously deported, returned to the country, and allegedly sold firearms and ammunition illegally.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a four-day trial, a federal jury has convicted a local man of bank robbery and carjacking. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney announced the guilty verdict today.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but mandates equality for persons of all faiths. The government maintained its authority over all Islamic matters and institutions, including assets and personnel of all mosques. Non-Muslim groups register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News 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 Ekalesia A Kelisiano Tuvalu (the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu or EKT) as the state church...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for the right to choose, practice, and change one’s religion, and it defines the country as a Christian nation. There was a dispute between the government and the largest church over a new tax on the income of ministers of religion. In June, however, parliament adopted a law...
