meghan+aryan+nation


 * Aryan Nation **

A white supremacist religious organization originally based in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Richard Girnt Butler founded the group in the 1970s, as an arm of the Christian Identity organization Church of Jesus Christ–Christian. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has called Aryan Nations a "terrorist threat", and the RAND Corporation has called it the "first truly nationwide terrorist network" in the US.


 * __Location: __** all around the world and present domestically


 * __Goals and Objectives: __**


 * Racial dominance
 * Religious dominance
 * Spread the “true” message of god
 * Eliminate those who do not possess the “perfect” qualities god intended
 * Stop immigration


 * __Why the U.S. has been the target? __**The US has been a target because the US is racially and ethnically diverse. The Aryan Nation will target anyone who isn’t like them. Although they are present internationally, the US experiences violence due to the number of Non-Christian Non-White citizens in our country.


 * __How does religion impact this group __****? **Religion is the basis of the organization of the Aryan Nation. Their goal is to spread “Christian values” and spread the word of God. Religion is the main focus of this group and they believe god wanted a white supremacists nation.


 * __Recent Activity: __**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">March 2006, four leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood were indicted for numerous crimes, including murder, conspiracy, and drug trafficking, and racketeering.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">June 2007. Utah. Incarcerated prisoner Curtis Michael Allgier allegedly shot and killed corrections officer Stephen Anderson, 60, after Anderson brought Allgier from Utah State Prison to the University of Utah Medical Center for an MRI.