![]() ![]() ![]() "There absolutely is a connection between far-right political extremism and far-right religious extremism, but I doubt these people are showing up at church every Sunday and reading their Bibles." "For them, it's just shorthand for identity," said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and a former prosecutor in Georgia. Some of the people who display Christian symbols or invoke the Bible to justify their actions are doing it in a largely cynical way, several experts said: They're sending a signal to fellow racists. "But they do not represent the essence of white Christians in America – or Christians in America overall." Using Christianity to justify hate "We're talking about a minority within a minority, but it is a powerful minority," Davie said. Online, some hard-right Christians find acceptance for their racist beliefs from white nationalists, most of whom don't share their faith but are united in their hatred. It's deep, but it's also been proven time and time again to be wrong."ĭavie, who was a faith liaison in the Obama White House, said evangelicalism in particular has become associated with American nationalism, specifically white nationalism. Fred Davie, executive vice president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. "The use of Christian symbols, iconography, Scripture in efforts to dominate and exclude are as old the republic itself," said the Rev. The displays – including a prayer invoking Christ from the Senate rostrum by a QAnon shaman who broke into the Capitol – have so alarmed some faith leaders that they published an open letter Friday signed by more than 1,400 pastors and church leaders condemning the "perversion" of their faith. The flags and other displays are the latest examples of how white terrorists throughout history, including the KKK, have cited Christianity to justify what they claim is their God-given right to control races and ethnic groups, experts said. 5-6 rally and riot in Washington, D.C., have raised concerns that some of former President Donald Trump's most ardent and dangerous supporters, including groups such as the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, QAnon, 3 Percenters and America Firsters , are cloaking themselves in biblical language to justify their actions. The Christian flag whipping in the wind from a parked pickup. A white flag with a lone green pine tree and the words "An Appeal to Heaven" fluttering over the angry crowd. WASHINGTON – A screaming man with his fist raised, a Byzantine cross emblazoned in red on his T-shirt. Watch Video: Hate crimes: How they affect BIPOC and why they are on the rise ![]()
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