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'''Supremacism''' is the belief that [[self-determination]] and [[freedom of association]] are principles less important than the virtues obtained by one's [[race]], [[religion]], [[belief system]], or [[culture]] ruling over others. This is generally justified by some notion of superiority, sometimes described in scientific terms, but it can also be by divine covenant such as the [[divine right of kings]] ([[royal families]] or "[[chosen people]]").
==Beliefs and ideas==
It is important, of course, to distinguish genuine supremacism from the general holding of beliefs. If you believe that ''x'' is true and that ''y'' is false, then you must hold that someone who believes the reverse is wrong, and that your beliefs are in that sense superior. A Christian who believes that salvation is only possible through belief in [[Jesus]] must, by definition, hold that [[Hinduism|Hindus]] are wrong, for they believe neither in the Christian notion of salvation nor the divinity of Jesus; a committed democrat must hold that the believer in one-party [[communism]] or [[theocracy]] is wrong; a [[Big Bang]] theorist must hold that the [[steady state theory]] is false; and so on. Part of what is important about a belief is what it rules out.
Supremacism, however, goes much further than this. It doesn't hold merely that a belief or set of beliefs is true, and thus superior to the (false) alternatives, but that a particular group is superior to other groups.
The three [[Abrahamic]] [[religion]]s have been referred to as supremacist, a characteristic not usually shared by Eastern religions such as [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], or [[Taoism]]. This is largely because each of them has been associated with more than a religious set of ideas, but with a race or a culture (such as [[Christendom]]). Of course, [[Western society]] no longer openly promotes religious supremacism, the current war in [[Iraq]] being a good example. A great deal of care was made in order not to allow anti-[[Saddam Hussein|Saddam]] propaganda to include an anti-[[Islamic]] focus. On the other hand, the [[Crusades]], [[Islamism]], and [[Jewish]] [[ethnocentrism]] all involve supremacist elements.
==Recent justifications==
After the work of [[Charles Darwin]], proponents of supremacy sought scientific justification via concepts such as "[[social Darwinism]]". The most notorious example of this is during the early [[20th century]] and the rise of [[Nazism|German National Socialism]], which posited a "[[master race]]", superior to others and therefore entitled to rule over others. This social self-identity led to [[Hitler]]'s popular rise to [[political power|power]], and later to state policy ending in the [[holocaust]]. The Nazis are seen by many as an archetype of modern supremacism.
Minority views consider more recent belief systems to be supremacist, such as:
#The [[Neoconservatism (United States)|neoconservative]] belief that Western political and economic structures should be introduced throughout the world and that doing so by force is justified.
#The United Nations' [http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html The Universal Declaration of Human Rights] wherein self-determination is not a right extended to "all peoples" if the identity of those "peoples" can be described as "racial".
==Supremacist groups==
The following groups do qualify as supremacist organisations.
===Racial supremacist groups===
*[[Ku Klux Klan]] (white, anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic racist and supremacist)
*[[Nazi]]s (white racist and supremacist)
*[[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazis]] (white racist and supremacist)
*[[German-American Bund]] (white racist and supremacist)
*[[Creativity Movement]] (worships the "white race", white supremacist)
===Religious supremacist groups===
*[[Shiv Sena]] (Hindu supremacist)
*[[Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad]] (Hindu supremacist)
*[[Jewish_Agency_for_Israel]] (jewish land supremacist)
*[[Moledet]]/[[National Union]]/[[Tkuma]]/[[Herut:_The_National_Movement]] (jewish supremacist)
*[[Jewish_Defense_League]]/[[Jewish_Task_Force]]/[[Chayil_Party]] ([[Kahanist]] jewish supremacist)
*[[Yisrael_Beytenu]] (jewish supremacist)
*[[Lehi_(group)]] (jewish supremacist)
*[[Irgun]] (jewish supremacist)
*[[Christian Identity]] groups (white antisemitic christian racist and supremacist)
*[[National Liberation Front of Tripura]] (christian anti-Hindu supremacist)
*[[Takfir wal Hijra]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Al Qaeda]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Nation of Islam]] (black racist; islamic supremacist)
*[[Nation of Gods and Earths]] (black islamic supremacist)
*[[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Al-Muhajiroun]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Muslim Brotherhood]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Nation of Islam]] (black racist and islamic supremacist)
*[[Hamas]] (islamic supremacist)
*[[Islamic Jihad]] (islamic supremacist)
==See also==
*[[Black supremacy]]
*[[White supremacy]]
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