Editing Haile Selassie (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:Haile Selassie I with Orthodox Church Bishop.jpg|left|thumb|186x186px|With [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church|Pope]] [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria|Cyril VI]] of [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Alexandria]]]]
Selassie was an adherent of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]. He was raised following Ethiopia's traditional Christian background. He was born Tafari Makonnen; after his coronation, he adopted his baptismal name as his official and legal name. He participated in the 1966 [[Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization#Berlin Congress on World Evangelism|Berlin Congress for World Evangelism]] organised by evangelist [[Billy Graham]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=10 October 2017|title=The World Congress on Evangelism 1966 in Berlin: US Evangelicalism, Cultural Dominance, and Global Challenges|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/world-congress-on-evangelism-1966-in-berlin-us-evangelicalism-cultural-dominance-and-global-challenges/25673BDCEA9B8C12634F1B1B3DDA5909|journal=[[Journal of American Studies]]|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|volume=51|issue=4|pages=1171–1196|doi=10.1017/S0021875816001432|last1=Balbier|first1=UTA A.|archive-date=7 August 2024|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807070927/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/world-congress-on-evangelism-1966-in-berlin-us-evangelicalism-cultural-dominance-and-global-challenges/25673BDCEA9B8C12634F1B1B3DDA5909|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=28 October 1966|title=Thirty Years Later: Haile Selassie in Berlin|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1966/october-28/thirty-years-later-haile-selassie-in-berlin.html|work=[[Christianity Today]]|archive-date=7 August 2024|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807070927/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1966/october-28/thirty-years-later-haile-selassie-in-berlin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Infobox saint|name=Haile Selassie I|image=File:Haile Selassie Portrait.jpg|imagesize=100px|titles=[[Emperor of Ethiopia|Emperor]]|venerated_in={{plainlist|
[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I 1918–1967|date=2000|publisher=One Drop Books|location=New York|isbn=1-890358-01-0|pages=639–641}}</ref>}}
* [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]
* [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]
* [[Coptic Orthodox Church]]
* [[Indian Orthodox Church]]
* [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]|honorific_prefix=[[Defender of the Faith]]|resting_place=[[Addis Ababa]]
}}He tried to unify the [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox community]] extending into [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Egypt]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenia]], and [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syria]]. Despite this, he did not try to stop the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] from having its own Patriarch when it was granted [[autocephaly]] by the Egyptian [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]]. He adhered to the intracontinental and overseas relations between the Orthodox churches, and believed that it would be reasonable to try to move unification forward.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 July 2014|title=Addis Ababa Conference Portal powered by OCP inaugurated at all UAE National Ethiopian Youth Conference: Ethiopian Orthodox Prelates Honored by OCP Society|url=http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2014/06/addis-ababa-conference-portal-powered-by-ocp-inaugurated-at-all-uae-national-ethiopian-youth-conference-ethiopian-orthodox-prelates-honored-by-ocp-society/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903083409/http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2014/06/addis-ababa-conference-portal-powered-by-ocp-inaugurated-at-all-uae-national-ethiopian-youth-conference-ethiopian-orthodox-prelates-honored-by-ocp-society/|archive-date=3 September 2014|website=theorthodoxchurch.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/AddisAbabaConfReport|title=The Oriental Orthodox Churches: Addis Ababa Conference 1965|publisher=Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church|year=1965}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Paulau|first1=Stanislau|url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/54656/9789004505254.pdf|title=Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity in a Global Context: Entanglements and Disconnections|last2=Tamcke|first2=Martin|date=2022|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-50434-9|series=Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity|location=Leiden, Netherlands}}</ref>
He maintained a good relationship with [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria]], Patriarch of the Coptic Church in Egypt. Pope Cyril was awarded the Star of Solomon by Selassie for his role in nominating [[Abuna Basilios]] as the first Ethiopian Patriarch of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Tewahedo Church]]. Christianity played an official role in the [[1955 Constitution of Ethiopia|Constitutional Monarchy]], but to a limited degree compared to his predecessors. Under Selassie's reign in 1942, [[Sharia#Court procedures|Islamic courts]] were allowed to have judicial power concerning Muslim matters. He also recognized concerns from the Muslim community and gave audiences to its respective leaders.<ref name=":05">{{Cite web|last=Abdo|first=Mohammed|title=Legal Pluralism Vs. Human Rights Issues: Sharia Courts and Human Rights Concerns in the Light of the Federal /constitution of Ethiopia|url=https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3160168/file/5874552.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion of Ethiopia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia/Settlement-patterns|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>