TERRORISM IN AMERICA

Terrorism in America

TERRORISM IN AMERICA

Whereas most left-wing groups ignore religion, right-wing ideology focuses primarily on religion. One such example is the bombing of abortion clinics. Smith (1994) argues that the racist Christian Identity Movement is the thread that ties American right-wing groups together. Members of the movement, such as the Aryan Nation, believe that Aryans, not Jews, are God's chosen people; view America as the Promised Land; and view violence against non-Aryans and the “corrupt” American government as justified. Christian Identity doctrine follows that man has evolved from two “seed lines”: one from Adam and Eve, and one from ...