Phineas Priesthood
The Phineas Priesthood ( English Phineas Priesthood , sometimes also Phinehas Priesthood ) is an anti-Semitic , racist , right-wing terrorist current of unorganized people within the Christian Identity or White Supremacy movement in the United States. Its ideology is largely based on the book Vigilantes of Christendom: The Story of the Phineas Priesthood , written in 1990 by the American right-wing extremist and Christian Identity supporter Richard Kelly Hoskins .
In Hoskins' work, the Phineas priests are described as god-called protectors of the divine order. This refers to the biblical figure of Phineas , who gave the group its name , who received God's praise and attention by killing the Israelite Zimri and his Midianite playmate Kosbi , who were guilty of idolatry, and thus restoring the God-given order.
Several serious crimes and attacks are attributed to the group, including a series of bombings and bank heists in 1996 in Spokane, Washington, and the shelling of several public buildings and attempted arson in Austin, Texas in 2014.
Web links
- Phineas Priesthood in the database of the Southern Poverty Law Center (English)
- Phineas Priesthood in the database of the Anti-Defamation League (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: adl.org. Anti-Defamation League , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English): "Alternate Names: Phinehas Priesthood"
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English): “The Phineas Priesthood is not an actual organization; it has no leaders, meetings, or any other institutional apparatus "
- ↑ Terrorism in the United States 1996. (PDF, 560 KB) Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit National Security Division. In: fbi.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation , p. 6 , accessed on June 3, 2018 (American English): "[...] the Phineas Priesthood, a violent subset of the white separatist Christian Identity Movement"
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: adl.org. Anti-Defamation League , accessed on June 3, 2018 (American English): "The concept of the Phineas Priesthood (or Phinehas Priesthood) comes from a 1990 book by white supremacist and Christian Identity follower Richard Kelly Hoskins, Vigilantes of Christendom: The Story of the Phineas Priesthood "
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English): “The idea of the Phineas Priesthood, sometimes referred to simply as Phineas Priests, originates in Vigilantes of Christendom: The Story of the Phineas Priesthood , a 1990 book by white supremacist Richard Kelly Hoskins "
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: adl.org. Anti-Defamation League , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Phineas Priesthood. In: splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Terrorism in the United States 1996. (PDF, 560 KB) Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit National Security Division. In: fbi.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation , p. 10 , accessed June 3, 2018 (American English).
- ^ 3 Separatists Are Convicted Of Conspiracy. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times , April 3, 1997, accessed June 3, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Elahe Izadi, Abby Ohlheiser: Police: Austin shooter was a 'homegrown American extremist'. In: washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post , December 1, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018 (American English).