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Rastas worship Selassie by, amongst other things, smoking [[cannabis]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref> Selassie was a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and while he was not a Rasta, he never denied or belittled Rastafari, saying that nobody should question the faith of another. Rastas believe that had Selassie claimed divinity, it could have shown him to a be false prophet.<ref>http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/cardillo.html</ref>

Rastas worship Selassie by, amongst other things, smoking [[cannabis]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref> Selassie was a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and while he was not a Rasta, he never denied or belittled Rastafari, saying that nobody should question the faith of another. Rastas believe that had Selassie claimed divinity, it could have shown him to a be false prophet.<ref>http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/cardillo.html</ref>

In 1974, Selassie's government was overthrown by [[Communist]]s, and the dictatorship of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] started.<ref>http://www.hrw.org/news/1999/11/24/ethiopian-dictator-mengistu-haile-mariam</ref>

In 1974, Selassie's government was overthrown by [[Communist]]s, and the dictatorship of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] started.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/1999/11/24/ethiopian-dictator-mengistu-haile-mariam</ref>

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