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Symbol Type |
Racist/Extremist Group |
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Symbol Description |
A white Wolfsangel symbol with a sword replacing the cross-bar and a crown overlaying the hilt of the sword. Underneath the Wolfsangel symbol is a blue shield.
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Traditional Use/Origins |
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Hate Group/Extremist Organization
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Aryan Nations
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Extremist Meaning or Representation
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Using the sword with the Wolfsangel is intended to make the symbol look more cross-like as well as to connote the notion of Aryan Nations’ view of Christianity as a “warrior religion.” The crown is also intended as a Christian aspect of the symbol.
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Background/History |
A neo-Nazi, Christian Identity organization led by Richard Butler
and based in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Aryan Nations is also known as
the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. Christian Identity is a racist
religion that teaches that whites ("Aryans") are descended
from the Lost Tribes of Israel and are thus God’s chosen people;
also that Jews are descendants of Satan and non-whites are soulless
"mud peoples."
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ADL Links to Related Information |
Aryan Nations/Church of Jesus Christ Christian
Christian Identity
Christian Identity on the Web
CI: Racist Acronym |
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