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    Company, Inc. 2. What was the nature of the issue in the suit? The nature of this case concerns Christopher Alston, who was practicing Rastafarian (Lally, 2015). Rastafarian is a religion that began in Jamaica in the 1920s and 30s, believing that Haile Selassie was an emperor, a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, whose death was a hoax and is still alive, living in protection awaiting the Day of Judgment (Rastafarianism). The Rastafarian’s hair is worn in dreadlocks, which is inspired

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    population more than 90 million. One of a kind among African nations, the old Ethiopian government kept up its opportunity from pilgrim standard except for a brief Italian occupation from 1936-41. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, dismissed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled subsequent to 1930) and built up a communist state. Torn by grisly upsets, uprisings, wide-scale dry spell, and enormous displaced person issues, the administration was

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