Bob Marley assassination attempt at National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley & The Wailers agreed to headline the peace concert. Bob Marley claimed to not be involved in Jamaican politics and had originally agreed to play one song at the concert on the condition that the concert wasn’t political. However, after Manley moved the elections up to within ten days of the concert, those loyal to both parties considered Marley’s “Smile Jamaica” song and concert to be an endorsement for the PNP. At 830 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men with guns raided Marley’s house
Religion in Jamaica Methodist, 1% Moravian and 1% Brethren Christian. The Church of God has 111 congregations in six regions: There are about 50,000 (2%) Catholics in Jamaica, which is divided into three dioceses, including one archdiocese: The Missionaries of the Poor monastic order originated in Kingston, Jamaica. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reports 5,891 members living in Jamaica. Members of the Church are organized under the Kingston Jamaica Stake, the Mandeville Jamaica District and the Kingston Jamaica Mission, and members attend the Panama City Panama Temple. The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in