Oloye (Chief) Ifatokun Awolola wrote: The Federal Court in Rio de Janeiro issued a judgment in which it considers that the african - Brazilian cults are not religious and that religious events do not contain necessary traits of a religion . The definition was in response to an action by the Federal Public Ministry ( MPF ) which called for the withdrawal of videos of evangelical cults that were considered intolerant and discriminatory against religious practices of African origin YouTube . The judge overseeing understood that for a belief to be considered religion, one must follow a basic text - as the Bible , Torah , or the Koran , for example - and have a hierarchical structure , as well as a god to be worshiped . The action of MPF sought the removal of videos by considering the material contained apology , lobbying, dissemination of hate speech , prejudice, intolerance and discrimination against practitioners of Umbanda , Candomblé and other african - Brazilian religions . To get an idea of the contents in one of the videos , a pastor tells those present that they can close the yards voodoo the neighborhood , said Regional Attorney for Citizens Rights , Jaime Mitropoulos
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 04:13:23 +0000
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