FREEDOM OF USURPED CULT OF AFRO-AMERIND RELIGIONS - FACES OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERENCE PRACTICED BY LAY STATE
Indictment; Inquisitorial system; Candomblé religious practices.
This research intends to investigate and demonstrate religious intolerance against Afro-Amerindian religions, practiced by public authorities, in the exercise of the office, acting on behalf of the State. The construction of the criminal accusation of a Candomblé priest, whose practices from religion were brought to justice as crimes, shows the performance of the inquisitorial system, coming from civil law, adopted by Brazil. It is analyzed mainly the investigative phase carried out by the Police, explaining how cultural or religious practices can be misrepresented for the construction of a typical criminal figure.