The BNP claims to have been in radical ideological transition for a number of years, and that its past behavior, and statements of its leadership, may not accurately reflect what it stands for at the present time. Since current chairman Nick Griffin took over in 2000, he claims to have repudiated racism, instead espousing something he calls "ethno-nationalism". Griffin claims that his core ideology is "concern for the well-being of the English, Scottish, ...

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Nationalism, Nationalism - Background and problems, Nationalism - Issues in nationalism theory, Nationalism - Historical evolution of nationalism, Nationalism - Prior to 1900, Nationalism - 20th Century nationalism, Nationalism - Language and nationalism, Nationalism - Prominent figures, Nationalism - Types of nationalism, Nationalism - Nationalism within nations, Nationalism - Post-2001 nationalism in the United States, Nationalism - Nationalism and extremism, Nationalism - Racism, Nationalism - Opposition and critique, Nationalism - Historical effect of nationalism, Nationalism - Compare

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Nationalism may manifest itself as part of official state ideology or as a popular (non-state) movement and may be expressed along civic, ethnic, cultural, religious or ideological lines. These self-definitions of the nation are used to classify types of nationalism. However such categories are not mutually exclusive and many nationalist movements combine some or all of these elements to varying degrees. Nationalist movements can also be class ...

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The most general definition of nationalism is broad, and has been controversial throughout history. Specific examples of nationalism are extremely diverse. Extreme emotions are aroused when discussing nationalism, and that makes it difficult to describe and define nationalism. A recurring problem is that people define nationalism on the basis of their local experience. To a Breton nationalist, the central issue is state nationalism versus cultural nationalism; elsewhere that distinction may be irrelevant. Often supporters of nationalism fear ...

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• Nationalism - Issues in nationalism theory
• Nationalism - Historical evolution of nationalism
• Nationalism - Prior to 1900
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• Nationalism - Language and nationalism
• Nationalism - Prominent figures
• Nationalism - Types of nationalism
• Nationalism - Nationalism within nations
• Nationalism - Post-2001 nationalism in the United States
• Nationalism - Patriotism and extremism
• Nationalism - Racism
• Nationalism - Opposition and critique
• Nationalism - Historical effect of nationalism

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White nationalism is the belief that white people have a common identity and common interests, a belief proponents argue is considered uncontroversial when advocated by any other ethnic or racial group. Pursuit of these interests includes the establishment of organisations to promote issues important to white people. Specific policies include the preservation and teaching of European history and culture, and opposition to economic or social discrimination against whites. Racialism and Racism, Nationalis ...

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• White nationalism - White nationalist beliefs
• White nationalism - White separatism
• White nationalism - The concept of race
• White nationalism - Definition of white
• White nationalism - History of white nationalism
• White nationalism - A critical view
• White nationalism - White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis
• White nationalism - White nationalist groups
• White nationalism - Compare

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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it has a membership of over 340 churches and denominations and those churches and denominations claim about 400 million Christian members throughout more than 120 countries. [1] The current General Secretary of the WCC is Samuel Kobia. World Council of Churches - History. After the initial successes of the Ecumenical Movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in ...

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• World Council of Churches - History
• World Council of Churches - Previous Assemblies
• World Council of Churches - Commissions and Teams
• World Council of Churches - Diakonia and Development & International Relations Commissions
• World Council of Churches - Faith and Order Commission
• World Council of Churches - Justice Peace and Creation Commission
• World Council of Churches - Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC
• World Council of Churches - Controversy
• World Council of Churches - Programme to Combat Racism during the 1970s
• World Council of Churches - Successes
• World Council of Churches - Regional/national councils

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Zionism maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland. Its focus is on governing the Land of Israel or Zion (a synecdoche for the Land of Israel). Jewish people have historically understood themselves to be part of a nation distinct from the non-Jewish nations. Like most nations, offspring of members are likewise considered members. However, common ancestry is not required and new members are admitted based upon prescribed criteria. None of the criteria incl ...

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• Zionism and racism - History
• Zionism and racism - The demographic change
• Zionism and racism - Zionism and Israel
• Zionism and racism - Discrimination
• Zionism and racism - Viewed as anti-Semitism
• Zionism and racism - Soviet influence
• Zionism and racism - UN Resolution 3379

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Aryan Nations (AN) (also known as the Aryan National Alliance) is an anti-Semitic White supremacist anti-government group based in the United States. It was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an outreach arm of his Christian Identity ministry, the Church of Jesus Christ-Christian. Its origin lies in the teachings of Wesley Swift, a significant figure in the early Christian Identity movement. Swift combined British Israelism, extreme anti-Semitism, and political extremism. He founded his own church in ...

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• Aryan Nations - Subgroups

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Black supremacy is the belief that blacks as a group are superior to members of other races. Black supremacy - Black supremacy versus White supremacy. In its simplest form, black supremacy is the racist belief in the inherent superiority of the "black race." Unlike many white supremacists, black supremacists generally do not regard their belief in black superiority as equivalent to white supremacy, which has caused many white supremacists to make the accusation that black bigotry is excused by society for t ...

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• Black supremacy - Black supremacy versus White supremacy
• Black supremacy - Rastafari
• Black supremacy - Nation of Islam through Malcolm X
• Black supremacy - Melanin and Melanin Theory
• Black supremacy - Black supremacists and organizations
• Black supremacy - Compare

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on November 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), equated Zionism with racism. The resolution was revoked by Resolution 4686 on December 16, 1991, and is often referenced in debates of Zionism and racism. UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Background. The 1975 resolution was one of many incidents that reflect a long-standing UN condemnation of Zionism, which many find ironic and hypocritical, considering that it was 1947 UN P ...

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• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Background
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - The resolution of 1975
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - The Israeli response
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Voting record
• UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Aftermath

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations< ...

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• Christian Identity - Organization
• Christian Identity - Ideology
• Christian Identity - Iconoclastic Biblical fundamentalism
• Christian Identity - Justifying violence
• Christian Identity - The end of the world and armageddon
• Christian Identity - Origin
• Christian Identity - Groups
• Christian Identity - Aryan Nations
• Christian Identity - The Order
• Christian Identity - South African groups
• Christian Identity - Opposition by neo-Nazis
• Christian Identity - The CSCS

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With a public perception of a dramatic increase in violent crime by illegal immigrants, there has been a new wave of calls to use tougher measures against offenders, such as returning them to their nation of origin, where their crimes are punished more severely than by Japanese law, thus reducing incentive to export crime from their home countries. Some foreign-rights advocates argue that these efforts are merely turning eyes from deeper problems given that foreigners are estimated to be responsible for only 2% of crime. Moreover, such measu ...

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Ethnic issues in Japan, Ethnic issues in Japan - Background, Ethnic issues in Japan - Identity issues, Ethnic issues in Japan - Media, Ethnic issues in Japan - Japanese government, Ethnic issues in Japan - Racism faced by non-Japanese Asians, Ethnic issues in Japan - Racism faced by non-Asians, Ethnic issues in Japan - Allegations of anti-black racism, Ethnic issues in Japan - Japan's history of national isolation, Ethnic issues in Japan - Difficulty assimilating into Japanese society

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From 1603-1867 Japan enjoyed its Edo Period during which its borders were closed to most of the outside world (officially closed in 1633 by Tokugawa Iemitsu) in a bid to prevent external influence, particularly religious, from gaining a foothold. Before closing, there had been many outposts scattered in Southeast Asia called 'Nihonjin-machi' (Japanese town). The only country Japan allowed trade with was the Netherlands, and, to a lesser extent, China. Japan did not voluntarily end the Sakoku (closure of the country). Japan was forced open by ...

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Ethnic issues in Japan, Ethnic issues in Japan - Background, Ethnic issues in Japan - Identity issues, Ethnic issues in Japan - Media, Ethnic issues in Japan - Japanese government, Ethnic issues in Japan - Racism faced by non-Japanese Asians, Ethnic issues in Japan - Racism faced by non-Asians, Ethnic issues in Japan - Allegations of anti-black racism, Ethnic issues in Japan - Japan's history of national isolation, Ethnic issues in Japan - Difficulty assimilating into Japanese society

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The BNP and the Front National have co-operated on numerous occasions. Jean-Marie Le Pen visited the UK in 2004 to assist launching the BNP's European Parliament campaign [48], and Nick Griffin repaid the favour by sending a delegation of BNP officials to the FN's annual 'First of May Joan of Arc parade' in Paris last year [49]. National Democrats (Sweden) The BNP also has links with Sweden's National Democrat Party (Nationaldemokraterna). In the run-up to the 2004 European Parliament election campaign, Nick ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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The modern BNP was originally founded in 1980 as the New National Front by the late John Tyndall, a former chairman of the National Front and a public follower of racial ideals, something that still harms the party in the polls after his death. It changed its name to the British National Party in 1982. The current National Chairman, Nick Griffin, joined the BNP in 1995, and replaced Tyndall following a leadership election in 1999. Griffin had previously been chairman of the National Front and had spent time as an activist w ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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According to the BNP's website [4], the party's policies include: The repatriation of all illegal immigrants. The introduction of a system of voluntary, financially-aided repatriation for existing, legally-settled immigrants. The repeal of all equalities legislation, regarded as positive discrimination/reverse discrimination. Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the pursuit of protectionist economic measures. Encouraging greater share-ownership and 'worker co-operatives ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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The BNP's policies have been rejected by a majority of the voters in most places where its candidates have stood for election, although its share of the vote has increased in recent years in many of the areas in which they have stood. The BNP is condemned by all sections of the mainstream media, including right-wing newspapers, such as the Sun and Daily Mail, which share some of the party's concerns over immigration. Representatives of the three major mainstream political parties all condemn the BNP, although the party has taken counc ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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Although the BNP strongly disputes that its policies or members espouse neo-Nazism, some opponents of the party, as well as journalists in two newspapers, the right wing tabloid Daily Express and the left wing broadsheet The Guardian, have claimed often that the BNP is not only racist, but an explicitly fascist or neo-Nazi organization, despite the seemingly democratic nature of internal BNP elections. The former leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, in a political speech in the BNP's heartland area of Burnley, criticised the group, ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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The BNP aims strongly to appeal to those members of the population who consider immigration to be a threat to jobs, a cause of rising crime, and a basis for cultural decline. Under its current policy, the party backs an immediate halt to all further non-European immigration and the voluntary resettlement of foreigners to their lands of ethnic origin by way of generous "homeward-bound" grants which would be made available to anyone who wanted to take advantage of them. Some critics of the party claim that it endorses consideration of "forcible repatriation" for those foreigners who refuse ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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A number of prominent members of the BNP have been reported [22] as: having been convicted of a wide range of offences, including assault, inciting racial hatred, and offences under the Explosives Act (see Tony Lecomber); or having had previous connections with Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisations, extremist or neo-Nazi groups, or with football violence. The BNP dismisses these instances as past misdemeanours, however, the ...

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British National Party, British National Party - History and overview, British National Party - Policies, British National Party - Allegations of racism, British National Party - Allegations of neo-Nazism, British National Party - Criminal records and extreme or violent affiliation of some BNP organizers, British National Party - Electoral strategy, British National Party - Electoral performance, British National Party - Opposition to the BNP, British National Party - Affiliated parties, British National Party - Previous British National Parties

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