Editing Religious Nationalism (section)

==History and Variants==
Ideologically driven religious nationalism may not necessarily be directed against other religions but may be formulated in response to modernity and, in particular, as secular. The imbalance between religious and political aspects and, by appealing to national feelings, such as Islamic identity, as has often been the case in [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistan and [[File:Cball-Indonesia.png]] Indonesia, can lead to regional tensions.

In general, many types of nationalism carry religious aspects, but as a marker of group identity, not as an intrinsic motivation for nationalist claims.

===[[File:ChristNat.png]] Christian Nationalism===
Christian nationalists are more focused on domestic politics, such as passing laws that reflect their view of Christianity. Characteristic radical forms of religious or church nationalism appeared on the political field in various European countries, especially during the interwar period in the first half of the 20th century.

In Europe, one of the most radical forms of Christian religious nationalism was Christoslavism, the belief that the [[File:PanSlav.png]] Slavs can be exclusively Christians, and if they abandon this religion, they cease to be Slavs.Christoslavism was used as an ideological justification for the persecution (as well as eventual genocide) of [[File:Cball-BosniaHerzegovina.png]] Bosniaks during the Yugoslav wars.

In [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia, it is characterized by a common belonging to Orthodoxy. Many Russian [[File:Neonazi ball.png]] neo-Nazi movements, such as [[File:OrthFash.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Russian National Unity]], are calling for an increased role for the [[File:Orth.png]] [[Orthodox Theocracy|Russian Orthodox Church]].

=====[[File:Fuente.png]] '''Fuentesism/Groypers''' [[File:Groyper.png]]=====
[[File:Fuente.png]] Nicholas J. Fuentes is an [[File:Cball-US.png]] American [[File:Whitesup.png]] white nationalist political commentator, and live streamer, whose followers are referred to as "Groypers". The Groypers are extremely conservative and critical of more mainstream conservative organizations, which they believe to be insufficiently nationalist and pro-white. The group opposes [[File:Multicult.png]] immigration, [[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]], [[File:World.png]] [[Globalism]], [[File:Antiporn.png]] pornography, [[File:AntiAntiAbortion.png]] abortion, [[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism]], [[File:Gay.png]] LGBT+ rights, and welcoming [[File:Hcon.png]] [[Homoconservatism|LGBT+ conservatives]] in the [[File:RepubUS.png]] [[Conservatism#United States|Republican Party]].
In the fall of 2019, popular political commentator Charlie Kirk launched a college speaking tour with Turning Point USA titled "Culture War," featuring himself alongside such guests as [[File:RandPaul.png]] Senator Rand Paul, [[File:Trumpism.png]] Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Lara Trump, and Congressman Dan Crenshaw. In retaliation for the firing of St. Clair and the Politicon incident, Fuentes subsequently began organizing a social media campaign asking his followers to go to Kirk's events and ask provocative and controversial leading questions regarding his stances on [[File:Multicult.png]] immigration, [[File:Zio.png]] Israel, and [[File:Gay.png]] LGBT rights during the question-and-answer sessions, for the purpose of exposing Kirk as a "fake conservative".
In August 2024, Fuentes would announce a second "Groyper War" against the [[File:Trumpism.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Trump campaign]] after multiple polls showed that [[File:Harris.png]] [[Liberal Feminism|Kamala Harris]] was ahead of Trump. Fuentes would release tweets criticizing Trump's [[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] stances on [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran, and would release multiple tweets criticizing Trump's VP candidate, [[File:Vance.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|J.D. Vance]].

====[[File:Christianright.png]] '''Christian Right'''====
The '''Christian right''', or [[File:Christian Conservatism.png]] '''Christian Conservatism''', is a political coalition of factions that are characterized by their strong support of [[File:Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism]], [[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy|Christian Ethics]], and [[File:Natcon.png]] [[National Conservatism]]. Christian conservatives seek to influence politics and public policy with their interpretation of the teachings of Christianity.

In the [[File:Cball-US.png]] United States, the Christian right is an informal coalition formed around a core of largely conservative evangelical [[File:ProtTheo.png]] [[Protestant Theocracy|Protestants]] and [[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Roman Catholics]]. The Christian right draws additional support from other politically conservative Christians, such as [[File:Orth.png]] [[Orthodox Theocracy|Orthodox Christians]] and [[File:Theodemocracy.png]] [[Theodemocracy|Latter Day Saints (Mormons)]]. The movement has its roots in American politics going back as far as the 1940s; it has been especially influential since the 1970s. Its influence draws from grassroots activism as well as from a focus on social issues and the ability to motivate the electorate around those issues.

The Christian right is notable for advancing socially conservative positions on issues such as support for school prayer, intelligent design, temperance and Sunday Sabbatarianism, as well as opposition to embryonic stem cell research, separation of church and state, [[File:Gay.png]] [[:Category:LGBT|LGBT+ rights]], sex education, [[File:AntiAntiAbortion.png]] abortion, and [[File:Antiporn.png]] pornography.

====[[File:Cultchrist.png]] Cultural Christianity====
'''Cultural Christianity''' is a form of secularism that adheres to Christian values and appreciates Christian culture while being nontheistic. It's also referred to as Christian atheism or Christian agnosticism. This kind of identification may be due to various factors, such as family background, personal experiences, and the social and cultural environment in which they grew up.

====[[File:NatCath.png]] National Catholicism [[File:NatCath2.png]]====
'''National Catholicism''' was part of [[File:Franco.png]] [[Francoism]], it emphasized [[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy#Church-State Unity|Church-State Unity]]. In wider sense, the name is applied to movements mixing [[File:Nation.png]] [[nationalism]] with Catholicism, thus being a sub-group of Christian Nationalism. The idea most often appears in Catholic countries, with its supporters often highlighting religion's role in country's history as well as portray it as important force uniting the nation. 

As for theological justification of the view, National Catholics often point out the Fourth Commandment ("Honour thy father and thy mother."), stating that it creates order of love, meaning that while one has to love everyone, they can love their nation more than others and help it before helping the others. 

National Catholicism was integral part of [[File:Salazar.png]] [[Salazarism|Salazar's]] as well as [[File:AusFash.png]] [[Austrofascism|Dollfuß's regime]]. In 20s it also became element of [[File:EndecjaPix.png]] [[National Democracy]] and its more radical offspring - [[File:PolFal.png]] [[National Radicalism]]. In Americas National Catholic ideas influenced many movements like: [[File:Nacionalismo.png]] [[Nacionalismo]] and [[File:Integralismf.png]] [[Brazilian Integralism]] (though many of them are also categorized as  [[File:Cathfash.png]]  [[Clerical Fascism|Clerical Fascist]]).  

Nowadays, National Catholicism can be found in contemporary [[File:Integral_Nationalism.png]] ''[[Integral Nationalism|Action Française]]'' and various [[File:PostFrancoism.png]] [[Francoism#Neo-Francoism|neo-Francoist]] movements. In [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland, groups like [[File:Nop.png]] [[National Radicalism|National Revival of Poland]] use slogans such as "Wielka Polska Katolicka (Great Catholic Poland) and protest (often violently) against the legalization of [[File:Gay.png]] same-sex marriage and abortion.

===[[File:IslamNat.png]] Islamic Nationalism ===
<blockquote> ''For a variant applied to [[File:Cball-Indonesia.png]] Indonesia see: [[File:Panc.png]] [[Pancasila]]'' </blockquote>

According to the two-nation theory, [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistani nationalism is very closely related to the Muslim heritage, the religion of Islam and Pan-Islamism. It is also associated with awareness as well as the expression of religious and ethnic influences that help shape national identity.

The [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iranian Revolution marks the beginning of [[File:ShiaNat.png]] [[Shia Theocracy|Shia]] and Persian nationalism. [[File:Khomenewicon.png]] [[Khomeinism|Ayatollah Khomeini's]] anti-American, anti-communist and anti-Zionist views attract several European far-right movements (notably revolutionary nationalists) but worry the international community.

Many [[File:RelNat.png]] religious nationalist groups in the Middle East are supported by [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran, in order to prevent [[File:Zio.png]] Israel from establishing a strong dominance in the region.

[[File:Hamas.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|Hamas]] is now a strong ally of [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran against [[File:Zio.png]] Israel, although they have clashed in the past during Syrian Civil War and Yemeni Civil War. [[File:Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|PIJ]] is also one of the leading [[File:RelNat.png]] religious nationalist groups in cooperation with [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran. [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia has supported some alternative groups like [[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[Islamic Democracy|FSA]], as part of its proxy war with [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran.
====[[File:Cultural-Islam.png]] Cultural Islam====
'''Cultural Islam''' is a form of secularism that adheres to Islamic values and appreciates Islamic culture while being nontheistic. It's also referred to as Islamic atheism or Islamic agnosticism. This kind of identification may be due to various factors, such as family background, personal experiences, and the social and cultural environment in which they grew up.

====[[File:MilliGorus.png]] Millî Görüş [[File:TurkiyeRefah.png]][[File:Saadet.png]]====
'''Millî Görüş''' (meaning '''National Vision''') is an Islamist socio-political movement inspired by former prime minister of Turkey, Necmettin Erbakan. It advocates that Turkey can develop with its own human and economic power by [[File:Protect.png]] [[Protectionism|protecting]] its core values, [[File:Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|trust in God]] and rivaling the West. He wants to eliminate interest rates (Because it's haram.) and create a economy based on a Islamic concept of [[Gift Economy|Sadaqah]]. 

The ideology of the movement is currently adopted by [[File:TurkiyeRefah.png]] New Welfare Party and [[File:Saadet.png]] Felicity Party. [[File:Erdoğanism.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism|Justice and Development Party]] and people such as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Abdullah Gül have roots in this movement.

====[[File:MuslimBrotherhood.png]] Muslim Brotherhood====
The Society of the Muslim Brothers, is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings spread far beyond [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt, influencing today various Islamist movements from charitable organizations to political parties.

Initially, as a Pan-Islamic, religious, and social movement, it preached Islam in Egypt, taught the illiterate, and set up hospitals and business enterprises. It later advanced into the political arena, aiming to end British colonial control of Egypt. The movement's self-stated aim is the establishment of a state ruled by sharia law–its most famous slogan is "Islam is the solution". Charity is a major aspect of its work.

Today, the primary state backers of the Muslim Brotherhood are Qatar and the AKP-ruling Turkey. As of 2015, it is considered a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain, Egypt, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

===[[File:HinduNat.png]] Hindu Nationalism===
<blockquote> ''Main article: [[File:Hindutva.png]] [[Hindutva]]'' </blockquote>

===[[File:PagNat.png]] Pagan Nationalism===
Paganism resurfaces as a topic of fascination in 18th to 19th-century Romanticism, in particular in the context of the literary Viking revivals, which portrayed historical Celtic, Slavic and Germanic polytheists as noble savages. Romanticist interest in non-classical antiquity coincided with the rise of Romantic nationalism and the rise of the nation state in the context of the 1848 revolutions, leading to the creation of national epics and national myths for the various newly formed states. Pagan or folkloric topics were also common in the musical nationalism of the period. Germanic occultism and neopaganism emerged in the early 20th Century and became influential, with beliefs such as Ariosophy, combining with the far-right Völkisch movement which eventually culminated in Nazism. Post-WWII continuations of similar beliefs have given rise to the Wotansvolk, a white nationalist neopagan movement, in the late 20th Century.

===[[File:BuddNat.png]] Buddhist Nationalism===
In the context of [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Myanmar’s political opening since March 2011, Buddhist activism has made headlines over the past two years due to outbreaks of communal violence across the country marked by religious differences, notably anti-Muslim, that threaten to derail Myanmar’s once-promising transition. Many see a connection between these violent episodes and the rise of new Buddhist networks and organizations, including the ''969'' movement and the ''Patriotic Association of Myanmar''. <ref>https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/research-projects/understanding-buddhist-nationalism-in-myanmar-religion-gender-identity-and-conflict-in-a-political-transition.html</ref>

Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is influenced by Sinhalese Buddhist mytho-history that was deployed by monks and politicians in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries to assert that [[File:Cball-SriLanka.png]] Sri Lanka is the designated sanctuary for Theravada Buddhism, belongs to Sinhalese Buddhists, and Tamils and others live there only due to Sinhalese Buddhist sufferance. This ideology has enabled majority superordination, minority subordination, and a separatist war waged by the ''Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)''. <ref>https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/sinhalese-buddhist-nationalist-ideology-implications-politics-and-conflict-resolution-s</ref>

===[[File:Relzion.png]] Jewish Nationalism===
<blockquote> ''Main article: [[File:Relzion.png]] [[Religious Zionism]]'' </blockquote>

===[[File:Natmyst.png]] National Mysticism===
National Mysticism is a [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism|nationalist]] ideology which has a "mystical" view of the nation. It sees the nation as a "higher being" and it is given a God-like status. This concept has its origins in the beliefs of [[File:Fichteanism.png]] Johann Gottlieb Fichte, but similar viewpoints can also be found in certain pre-modern civilizations. The ideology places strong emphasis on the national mythos, sometimes even including [[File:Pseudohistory.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Pseudo-Historic]] ideas.