The Supreme Court weighs whether a devout Rastafarian can seek damages against Louisiana prison officials who cut his ...

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 ...

A Supreme Court that's protective of religous rights nonetheless seemed wary of allowing a Rastafarian to seek damages from ...

Justices appear divided over whether federal law allows damages for religious rights violations by state prison officials. On Nov. 10, the Supreme Court appeared reluctant to allow an incarcerated ...

A prison guard took the copy of the ruling Landor carried and tossed it in the trash, according to court records. Then the ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hair is an important part of the Rastafarian faith. But an official at the Achimota School in Ghana told Tyrone Iras Marhguy he would have to cut his dreadlocks before enrolling. Tyrone Iras Marhguy ...