- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION COVER SHEET SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT _..'- _' ' ' _ _ _ _- '. S8E.92_,-_ 3 n cmss/ ' sacm BIG . V _'APR 2 s B -- I AIRTEL 2 Q flan - ;// ;;'¢ Director,FBI - -h '' ' . " II. r _ All SACsLEGA'I's~ - * -___i.-I : - __§T_IAN uovmmm- ~ - -WING wzzmzomsuMATTERS For theinformation recipients of Terrorist the Researchand. _ {G Analyticalshort, informative Center articlesTRAC!at FBIHQ a varietyonis producing of topicsa continuingrelating seriesFBI to ofL relatingterrorismthe to investigations. conceptofChristian The Identity following addresses hereafter information referredto- ultra asright Identity!, movementa relig ous the doctrine Unitedin Statesthat isa major today.Itfactor is recognized withinthe believedthat manythat of a thecompleteideas discussion espoused by Identityneeded isare understand offensive, to butit is the motivation_pfmovement. the Y Identity is an that combines :».f31l» -: '.'-:55".~k*1@:»:f- . <41-*1 . vs . .-' The proponentsof Identity often quoteand provide ~_:>. racistexplanations slant,andBiblical theydiffer for passages; gnificantlys however,thgxinterpretations from lanationsthese a have"*1- " ofmore mainstreamreligions and religious organizations.The ':;,'. ' 1 in , oradvocates Identity of oftencite theBible to legitimize! ._.v-51 .£ 3 their antiblack and anti-Semiticbeliefs e - ~ _-92¢ . 1 _- -_~. _ _» 53%. ' ~'.:'92-' ~ ' >1-=7§~":5? ,@- -...¢;~.1 Clarke -7.,-,..1'-1 |11> . r~ .- ,1-A. Otto -".>; %_1-brk . l Q Revell ' - i/.*.:'r3#"< ._.-92...,_;.j:3,:._, . ch Assistant Director F1513. ...$':{'l-r. Z.§.'Z'".'¢T_1- .2-.52 '."Y{;'>-y,-, ,, Y.-131%; --"1-bI*§>'.¢ 1 -X _ " » . 1 71>;-<' 1 - 92 =%%@ "ti 5.3§L-1 ."'.'.;.*-1.- '; f:1;§Z;.. Uh. _.__ - Ijgf=5 . 5!.4, t, >. Qf|.C0llq.lLJQ|lC00Il.__'92F'A A .1 V _/ 1?. »-.. . - - ~e%as.»-.1, - lac........».__;,;j1 Ignt. - 76!_ sax cm NOTE a PAGE - 1.-.= I . '. : . " - -u:- ,. 3'3"-:Az92_ ¢-".;,.--'3 Ynlnlngum éum__ M 001.!-lalnonl ' .._J IIIL Alli. i .1 A~$ telephone Rm.i :. ~:.--.:.92J;,_92.=.11 Dlvoclofl 80:! MAIL I ; ".-tam '."92'92.'4:'< .>._ '1 13.,» ' n in t ._ ~. .,v.~,' . _-, ,A______-_e*e_~~Ri¢'at-W*- airesltonisaChristian I i Movementmums xi - ~. g~1ermr*' ___; - n*"* e . 92._. .__;!bese beliefs,are the eneies Godof andnatural adversariesof the i25!Ihitefegnlully race,regardedtheas chosen unequalrace to of_God;whites._ blacks otherand' - v nonwhites_are >-h-/' _4 Its racismaside, theviews ofIdentity ofteh Bhrallelcht. traditional Biblical echolarship. I n a religious connotation,Y ~i"_' **¥Itudyn Identity the is Bible akin extensivelto fundamental and em,' in that e-proponentsof each " aedocuentf y for their beliefs Idenuse it asa literal ma infallible ;freactionary-,, A 5 than fundamentalism. Th ".">3.;":,'.'-i--7-l'.Q if yere areno_ties betweenthe twogi1i,-_ - ,__92*~.. krnbspite somesimilarities' . _are, there however, ' significantg, e;;@¢; differences. Foremostof these is racism;_ _1="--~ 1'*~*1=****- v . ~..;4.~. .3»23;»:-I-,2 ; '' Identity concerns.the rise of whiteclzristian netions?it '1 seeks discoverto a national as wellas aracial identityfor'whitee < -'..;VZ; Z¢* Christians by telling them who th T-?'-5?, ey areand wherethey comefrom. V . , .1,-.4»: Many Identitybeliefs arerooted ain 19th century tishBr movement. _,-.;~,.;.17_'f>"{§:'».. British Israelism or An 1 I I - - _..>*;92-4'-T; g 0- sraelism. Thisconcept claimsthat Anglo- . -L1-.s'-E. Saxons and others are the descendants ofthe Bibl cal Israelites and that Englandis thetrue Israel.Under Identity,these concepts were_. .,-_uT:Q§,r=;~" changed viewto,thethat the United Statesis e true Israel.jg n =%e Furthermore, otherracist conceptsthat arebased uponBiblical ___,,,;,.,. interpretationsbeen haveadded to thoseBritish of Israelismby the ~-'z.'7Is.. 7" someadvocates factions Identity.f ofd ' Becausethese interpretationsare speculative -'13-:»~;k;;i: }92 o I entity maybe moreracist than others, and n . '. .,.,=;§~<; -. ' individualinterpretations the of same Biblical passagemay differ. '*-=:1:l~»~:2 . ~""ff5i%*? U The fundamentalresource Identity-isof theBible. This Y docuent revealsto theadvocates Identity of spiritualthe originand_ _n= -.,:a.?» . .~:'.-7;,-X:-,.-<54. physical historyof the white race,as wellas therules and- ,;,;::-;~;:,_. regulationsthat make life betteron earthand whichlead toeternal : -5: Y:-,:;_§~g'.: life. TheBible alsois usedto search out God'swords thoughtsand 1 ml-.: this."Truth"in orderto understand hidden is "The althoughand Truth." Accordingis obv it ous Identity tothose to God'sof beliefs,.1_,/'_'; . ;¥; chosen race,the white race, itis notrecognizable all readers.to , . ,=_.,._ _ _v l M -|'»J"!92_Z"3 -.'a.§;»/'1. v 3:.'éT*~1§" Thereis no single document or setof documentswhich set _-;:-1?; ~. forth the beliefs of Identit * »~;=;sY=:;, y. Because interpretations of the Bible . -.,.,.92.~..»».-. can resultin a wide range viewpoints of arethere often conflicting , 1 interpretations withinthe Identit y movement. For example, some%,"F=- areIdent largely_antiblack. typublications almost are' exclusivelyantiJewish' whileothers a '- .» :;92F,_f~»k_.;,_ 1 ,. ' - ~ . .. ,. .=~T'=,-.311.-':.-~-»~-a of the whiteOne race aspectToof th Identity is its interpretation the origin.of s . e advocates Identof ty, the Bibleis a¥>e. .I..= . »192;1§=,92:;. historyfirst white theof l whiterace. 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"'e, aw, .. _.;._. __ ' Z 9- °?'~¥I 5e-1%.-1; .-.95: I. wig" -~ > I > V ._ -~ it is believed, createdAdam "fromthe dustof theearth," andthen , created Eveto be his companion.Adan andEve wereplaced directly p V. -' . ?92""vria v .into theGarden Eden of God. by Identity,therefore, theviews Garden . - -. :.'$.*: as havingbeen anactual" site, the locat on -wherethe white race » .- .'-7'""'5 » originated. us numerous geographicBiblical and linguistic - " _ ' _'-~.='5J;é->4,-'_.1<-.:1:;: references, Igzntiggplaces Garden the in'CentralAsia.