The events of 9/11 further foregrounded this in the public imagination, and very often the focus has been — with the benefit of hindsight — too narrowly focused on Islam in terms of both its imbrication with national and international politics and efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism (PCVE). [...] Types of Christian Far Right Extremism In attempting a definition or typology of Christian Far Right Extremism, various types of belief and ideology may be markers. [...] What is the Far-Right in Christian Extremism? Not all of the above maps neatly on to what we may define as the far-right. [...] When we come to religion, there may be questions about what is meant by extremism, especially within the context of the right to freedom of religion and belief (FoRB). [...] As noted, the distance between something such as dominionism which seeks to overturn a democratic and inclusive society to impose a theocratic state, and Christians seeking to be only one voice within a democratic sphere may be hard to spot on the surface.
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