Assertion: obeah | /r/HasProperty | illegal
Facets:
value: in jamaica
type: LOCATION
value: for centuries
type: TEMPORAL
value: in tobago
type: LOCATION
value: in trinidad
type: LOCATION
value: in barbados
type: LOCATION
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: At this point in time, I don’t think obeah being legal or illegal is what is affecting the majority of Jamaicans the most.
text: At this point in time, I don’t think obeah being legal or illegal is what is affecting the majority of Jamaicans the most.
text: In Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, for instance, Obeah is no longer a legal offense; in other countries, such as Jamaica, anti-Obeah statutes remain on the books.
text: Obeah has a long history in Caribbean culture, and it is still illegal in Jamaica.
text: Obeah has been illegal here for centuries, but it is still widely practiced, and law enforcers often turn a blind eye to obeah practitioners.
text: But while the Jamaican law states that obeah is illegal and anyone found practising it can be arrested and charged, police officers seldom enforce it so people like Quaco openly carry on a thriving trade to the delight of some Jamaicans.
text: From I was a child, I heard that obeah is illegal, and anyone caught practising this evil would be locked up and brought before the court: but suddenly it has become a matter of interest to the Government, that the honourable minister of justice, Delroy Chuck, is eager to bring before the Senate to be discussed and passed into law.
text: But while the Jamaican law states that obeah is illegal and anyone found practising it can be arrested and charged, police officers seldom enforce it
text: Jamaica’s Obeah has a similar belief system and is widely practiced in rural areas as a form of sympathetic magic, despite the fact that a British-made law from the late 19th century means Obeah is actually illegal.
text: Obeah is already legal in Jamaica.
text: They will not stop paying to determine who gi dem uncle big foot or why dem whole life so salt, obeah being legal or not.