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American neo-Nazi movement allies itself with Islamic jihadists over hatred of Jews

On its website, the "Aryan Nations," the American neo-Nazi movement is now expressing admiration for Islamic jihadists based on a shared hatred for Jews. The "Aryan Messianic Identity" movement replaces the Jesus of history with a false Christ--a messiah of "Aryan" origins.

But, the Jewish people are the people of God's covenant--the chosen people. The prophesied messiah came from out of His people; the Son of God, our Lord Jesus, was born of a Jewish virgin. At the Great Synagogue of Rome, Pope John Paul II called the Jews "our elder brothers in the faith of Abraham."

I pray that anti-semitism does not increase here in America. Thankfully, through our prayer, we know that God's love can deliver us from any vile hatred.

A hat tip to "Jihad Watch" for this post:

July 16, 2005

Aryan Nations: "Islam is our ally, and the 1500 cults all claiming to be 'Christian' are our opposition"

America's homegrown terrorists, the Aryan Nations, have allied themselves with the Islamic jihadists.

I don't want to link to their vile website, but here are excerpts from the statement that is on their front page now:

There has been a little misunderstanding as to what our perspective is as far as an alliance with Islamic Jihadeen, and our own Phinehas Priests. There are some out there who would like to imply that we are now an Islamic Fundamentalist Organization, and this is erroneous, our Organization is not for the support of any religion, however based on the history of the Aryan Nations, the rules and conduct are based on Biblical Law, and the general views of the bulk of this organization is the acceptance of Aryan Messianic Identity, or other forms of what is called “Christian Identity” in most circles....

Further, seeing the errors of the past, we have taken this approach with alliances to Islamic adherents, because we find their standards of morality to be nearly analogous to our own, and their resolve to uproot and destroy the fallen tree of the Garden, the satanic “jew”, to also be analogous to our own desires and devotion. In this sense, Islam is our ally, and the 1500 cults all claiming to be “Christian” are our opposition, as they have chosen to worship the image [jews] of the beast [satan] as prophesied within the Holy Scriptures for the non-elect, the condemned of Yahweh, the rejects of Israel. Islam has not been dishonored as much by “jew”ish incursion, therefore Islamic Jihadeen have safeguarded the purity of the very instinct for self preservation for which we hold the most vociferous esteem.

Note the disassociation from the name "Christian" and denial that they are a "Christian" group. Yet in a week, or a month, someone will mention this group to me again as an example of "Christian extremism," as if the existence of such a thing somehow justifies the Islamic jihad. This shows how increasingly divorced from reality is such moral equivalence.

posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 2:49 PM