Religious Nationalism

Religious Nationalism is an ideology that incorporates religion into nationalism. It seeks to use a shared religion to unite people under a national identity. It typically holds reactionary and intolerant views towards members of other religions, but not always. Religious nationalism is compatible with practically any religion, including Hinduism,  Christianity,  Islam,  Judaism,  Buddhism, etc.

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 Pakistan and  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. In the United States, Christian nationalism tends to lean towards  Conservatism. Characteristic radical forms of religious or church nationalism appeared in the right spectrum of the political field in various European countries, especially during the interwar period in the first half of the 20th century.

One of the most radical forms of Christian religious nationalism was Christoslavism, the belief that the Slavs can be exclusively Christians, and if they abandon this religion, they cease to be Slavs. As an example, Bosniaks who converted to Islam were considered by the  Serbs as  Turks. Christoslavism was used as an ideological justification for the persecution (as well as eventual genocide) of Bosniaks during the Yugoslav wars.

In Poland, a characteristic feature of nationalism has always been loyalty to the  Roman Catholic Church. Groups like National Revival of Poland use slogans such as "Wielka Polska Katolicka (Greater Catholic Poland)" and violently protest against the legalization of  same-sex marriage and abortion.

In Russia, it is characterized by a common belonging to Orthodoxy. Many Russian neo-Nazi movements, such as  Russian National Unity, are calling for an increased role for the  Russian Orthodox Church.

[[File:IslamNat.png]] Islamic Nationalism
"For a variant applied to Indonesia see:  Pancasila"

According to the two-nation theory, 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 Iranian Revolution marks the beginning of  Shia and Persian nationalism. 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.

[[File:HinduNat.png]] Hindu Nationalism
"Main article: Hindutva"

[[File:BuddNat.png]] Buddhist Nationalism
In the context of 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 difference, 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.

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 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).

[[File:Relzion.png]] Judaism Nationalism
"Main article: Religious Zionism"

Friends

 * [[File:Christy.png]] [[File:JewTheo.png]] [[File:Muslim 2.png]] [[File:Hind.png]] [[File:Bud.png]] Theocracies - Best way to enforce religious nationalism.
 * [[File:Hindutva.png]] Hindutva - My more extreme Indian counterpart.
 * [[File:Relzion.png]] Religious Zionism - My Jewish friend!
 * [[File:Panc.png]] Pancasila - Me applied to Indonesia!
 * [[File:Shinto Theocracy.png]] State Shinto - Me in Japan, at one point in time.
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Christian Democracy & [[File:Islamic Democracy.png]] Islamic Democracy - My moderate friends!
 * [[File: Ottoman.png]] Neo-Ottomanism - What can I say except BASED?!
 * [[File:Native.png]] Indigenism - Eh, you are more spiritual than following a specific religious ideology, but still based.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Cfash.png]] Clerical Fascism - My extreme self. Oh my...
 * [[File:Esofash.png]] Esoteric Fascism - Same as above, but even more extreme.
 * [[File:Baath.png]] Ba'athism - الله, سوریا و بشار! (even if you're secular)
 * [[File:Anrel.png]] Religious Anarchism - At least you're religious.

Enemies

 * [[File:Laicism.png]] Laicism - Heathen!
 * [[File:Progress.png]] Progressivism - Heresy!
 * [[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] Revolutionary Progressivism - Degenerate!
 * [[File:StateathFedora.png]] State Atheism - DEVIL SPAWN!!
 * [[File:Stalin.png]] Stalinism - Actively persecuted religious figures, so burn in hell!

Wikipedia

 * [[File:RelNat.png]] Religious nationalism [[File:Relnat-alt.png]]
 * [[File:Christy.png]] Christian nationalism [[File:ChristNat.png]]
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Islamic nationalism [[File:IslamNat.png]]
 * Muslim nationalism in South Asia
 * Pan-Islamism
 * [[File:Hind.png]] Hindu nationalism [[File:HinduNat.png]]
 * [[File:Sikhmini.png]] Khalistan movement [[File:Khalistan.png]]
 * [[File:JewTheo.png]] Religious Zionism [[File:Relzion.png]]
 * National camp

People
Note: Some people on this list were not actively religious themselves, but used religious nationalism as a way to gain support.

 Christian Nationalism  Islamic Nationalism Judaism Nationalism a.k.a. Religious Zionism Buddhist Nationalism Shinto Nationalism a.k.a State Shinto Hindu Nationalism a.k.a. Hindutva
 * [[File:Christy.png]] Ambrose of Milan (339-397) [[File:SPQR.png]] Roman Empire
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Pope Urban II (1035-1088) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France/Holy Roman Empire
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) Kingdom of Castile
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516) Kingdom of Aragon/Castile
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Tomás de Torquemada (1420-1498) Kingdom of Castile
 * [[File:Cball-Spanish_Empire.png]] Martín de Valencia (1474-1534) [[File:Cball-Spanish_Empire.png]] Spanish Empire
 * [[File:Imp.png]] Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) [[File:Cball-England.png]] England
 * [[File:Christy.png]] George Whitefield (1714-1770) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
 * [[File:BlackHundred.png]] Alexander Dubrovin (1855-?) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Nacionalismo.png]] José Félix Uriburu (1868-1932) [[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina
 * [[File:Christy.png]] Billy Graham (1918-2018) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:AusFash.png]] Engelbert Dolfuss (1892-1934) [[File:Cball-Austria.png]] Austria
 * [[File:Cfash.png]] Ion Antonescu (1882-1946) [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Kingdom of Romania
 * [[File:Legion.png]] Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899-1938) [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Kingdom of Romania
 * [[File:Franco-alt.png]] Francisco Franco (1892-1975) [[File:Franco.png]] Francoist Spain
 * [[File:Integralismf.png]] Plínio Salgado (1895-1975) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
 * [[File:Cfash.png]] Jozef Tiso (1887-1947) [[File:Cball-Slovakia.png]] Slovakia
 * [[File:Ustase.png]] Aloysius Stepinac (1898-1960) [[File:Cball-Croatia.png]] Croatia
 * [[File:Cfash.png]] Vihtori Kosola (1884-1936) [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Finland
 * [[File:Cfash.png]] Gerald Burton Winrod (1900-1950) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Blueshirt.png]] Eoin O'Duffy (1890-1944) [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Ireland
 * [[File:SyngmanRhee.png]] Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) [[File:Cball-South_Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:NasionaleParty(Apartheid).png]] D. F. Malan (1874-1959) [[File:Cball-South_Africa alt.png]] Apartheid South Africa
 * [[File:SL.png]] William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Persondignity.png]] Ngô Đình Diệm (1901-1963) [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] South Vietnam
 * [[File:Persondignity.png]] Ngô Đình Thục (1897-1984) [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] South Vietnam
 * [[File:Sorelia.png]] Osvaldo Lira (1904-1996) [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Chile
 * [[File:Cultism.png]] Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) [[File:Cball-North_Korea.png]] North/[[File:Cball-South_Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:MobutuSeseSeko.png]] Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997) [[File:Mobutism.png]] Zaire/[[File:Cball-DRCongo.png]] DRC
 * [[File:IrelandHarp.png]] Seán Mac Stíofáin (1928-2001) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
 * [[File:Wignat.png]] Fred Phelps (1929-2014) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Reagan.png]] Ronald Reagan (1911-2005) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Jerry Falwell Sr. (1911-2005) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Gremialismo.png]] Jaime Guzmán (1946-1991) [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Chile
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Kenneth Copeland (1936-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Eric Rudolph (1966-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:RonPaul.png]] Ron Paul (1935-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Orth.png]] Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929-2008) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Orth.png]] Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:GWB.png]] George W. Bush (1946-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Pope Benedict XVI (1927-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
 * [[File:Sandinism.png]] Daniel Ortega (1945-) [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Nicaragua
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Tony Perkins (1963-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Mesocon.png]] Dennis Prager (1948-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:AlexGauland.png]] Alexander Gauland (1941-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
 * [[File:Rpop.png]] Ann Coulter (1961-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Georges Sada (1939-) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:LRA.png]] Joseph Kony (1961-) [[File:Cball-Uganda.png]] Uganda
 * [[File:Christy.png]] Robert Lewis Dear (1958-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] Donald Trump (1946-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Mike Pence (1959-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Cruz.png]] Ted Cruz (1970-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:FIDESZ.png]] Viktor Orbán (1963-) [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Hungary
 * [[File:PiS.png]] Andrzej Duda (1972-) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland
 * [[File:Reactcross.png]] Olavo de Carvalho (1947-2022) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
 * [[File:Bolsonarism_-_alt.png]] Jair Bolsonaro (1955 -) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Jeanine Áñez (1972-) [[File:Cball-Bolivia.png]] Bolivia
 * [[File:PatPaleoCon.png]] Nick Fuentes (1998-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:KeikoFujimori.png]] Keiko Fujimori (1975-) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru
 * [[File:Consocf.png]] Pedro Castillo (1969-) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) Najd
 * [[File:Shia.png]] Hassan Modarres (1870-1937) [[File:Cball-Persia.png]] Persia
 * [[File:HouseOfSaud.png]] Ibn Saud (1875-1953) [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia
 * [[File:MuslimBrotherhood.png]] Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949) [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Abul A'la Maududi (1903-1979) [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistan
 * [[File:Black Islamism.png]] Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Black Islamism.png]] Louis Farrakhan (1933-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Khaled bin Musaid (?-1965) [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia
 * [[File:HouseOfSaud.png]] Fahd bin Abdulaziz (1923-2005) [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia
 * [[File:Hamas.png]] Ahmed Yassin (1937-2004) [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Palestine
 * [[File:Zia.png]] Muhammed Zia ul-Haq (1924-1988) [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistan
 * [[File:Gaddaficap.png]] Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011) [[File:Gaddafi.png]] Libya
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Ruhollah Khomeini (1902-1989) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Islamic Republic of Iran
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Ali Khamenei (1939-) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Islamic Republic of Iran
 * [[File:IRGC.png]] Qasem Soleimani (1957-2020) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Islamic Republic of Iran
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Islamic Republic of Iran
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Ebrahim Raisi (1960-) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Islamic Republic of Iran
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Abbas al-Musawi (1952-1992) [[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Hassan Nasrallah (1960-) [[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon
 * [[File:SultanBrunei.png]] Hassanal Bolkiah (1946-) [[File:Cball-Brunei.png]] Brunei
 * [[File:Cball-Taliban.png]] Mohammed Omar (1960-2013) [[File:Cball-Afghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
 * [[File:Cball-Taliban.png]] Akhtar Mansour (1928-2016) [[File:Cball-Afghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
 * [[File:Cball-Taliban.png]] Hibatullah Akhundzada (1960s-) [[File:Cball-Afghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
 * [[File:Osama.png]] Osama Bin Laden (1957-2011) [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia
 * [[File:Cball-Xinjiang.png]] Hasan Mahsum (1964-2003) [[File:Cball-Xinjiang.png]] Xinjiang
 * [[File:Mahathir.png]] Mahathir Mohamad (1925-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:PAS.png]] Abdul Hadi Awang (1947-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:PUTRA.png]] Ibrahim Ali (1951-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:Rpop.png]] Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011) [[File:Ottoman.png]] Turkey
 * [[File:Erdoğanism.png]] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954 -) [[File:Ottoman.png]] Turkey
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Anwar al-Awlaki (1971-2011) [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]] Yemen/[[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971-2019) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:Sep.png]] Dokka Umarov (1964-2013) [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Chechnya
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Ramzan Kadyrov (1925-) [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Chechnya
 * [[File:Shia.png]] Nouri al-Maliki (1950-) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:Morsi.png]] Mohammed Morsi (1951-2019) [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt
 * [[File:Hamas.png]] Ismail Haniyeh (1962-) [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Palestine
 * [[File:Houthi.png]] Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1982-) [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]] Yemen
 * [[File:Revzion.png]] Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine/[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Lehi.png]] Avraham Stern (1907-1942), [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia/[[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Mandatory Palestine
 * [[File:Lehi.png]] Eliyahu Giladi (1915-1943) [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] Austria-Hungary/[[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Mandatory Palestine
 * [[File:Kahan.png]] Meir Kahane (1932-1990) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Lehi.png]] Yehoshua Cohen (1922-1986) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Revzion.png]] Baruch Goldstein (1956-1994) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Revzion.png]] Menachem Begin (1913-1992) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Bibi.png]] Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012) [[File:Cball-Belarus.png]] Belarus/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:JewChauv.png]] Ariel Sharon (1928-2014) [[File: Zio.png]] Israel (Before his premiership)
 * [[File:Revzion.png]] Yigal Amir (1970-1995) [[File: Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Bibi.png]] Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-) [[File: Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:NewRight(Israel).png]] Naftali Bennett (1972-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:NewRight(Israel).png]] Ayelet Shaked (1976-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Imp.png]] Ashoka (268BCE-232BCE) Maurya Empire
 * [[File:Bud.png]] Thubten Gyatso-13th Dalai Lama (1876-1933) [[File:Cball-Tibet.png]] Tibet
 * [[File:Bud.png]] Thích Quảng Đức (1897-1963) [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] South Vietnam
 * [[File:Burmasoc.png]] Ne Win (1911-2002) [[File:Cball-SocialistBurma.png]] Socialist Burma
 * [[File:Falun_Gong_Theo.png]] Li Hongzhi (1951-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] China
 * [[File:Bud.png]] Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara (?-) [[File:Cball-SriLanka.png]] Sri Lanka
 * [[File:Tatmadaw.png]] Min Aung Hlaing (1956-) [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Myanmar
 * [[File:PalangPracharat.png]] Prayut Chan-o-Cha (1954-) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:House of Yamato.png]] Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) [[File:Showa.png]] Empire of Japan
 * [[File:House of Yamato.png]] Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989) [[File:Showa.png]] Empire of Japan
 * [[File:Hindutva.png]] K.B. Hedgevar (1889-1940) [[File:Cball-India.png]] India
 * [[File:Godse.png]] Nathuram Godse (1910-1949) [[File:Cball-India.png]] India
 * [[File:BJP.png]] L. K. Advani (1927-) [[File:Cball-India.png]] India
 * [[File:BJP.png]] Narendra Modi (1950-) [[File:Cball-India.png]] India