Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Contemporary Religious Violence
Defining Religious Terrorism & Ritualistic Crimes. Categories of Religious
Groups. Cult versus Occult. Religious Concepts. Religious Freedom. Ritual. Sacrifice.
Crimes Typically Associated with Religious Terrorism and Ritual Violence. Current
Trends in Terrorist Weapons. Bioterrorism. Cyberterrorism. Radiological Weapons.
Suicide Bombers. Suicide Shooters.
TERRORIST RELIGIONS
Millennial Religions & Terrorism
Millennialism and Related Concepts. Millennial Religious Groups and Law Enforcement.
Millennial Classification System. Consulting Religious Scholars. Aum Shinrikyo:
A Case Study in Religious Terrorism.
Domestic Terrorist Religions
Modern Terrorism. Categories of Domestic Terrorism. Domestic Terrorist Religions.
Christian Identity. Church of Jesus Christ Christian. World Church of the
Creator. Odinism. Lone Wolves and The Phineas Priesthood. Army of God. Recent
Trends in Domestic Terrorist Groups.
International Terrorist Religions
Categories of International Terrorism. Islam and Islamic Beliefs. Islamic Religious
Sects. Islamic Fundamental Sects. Wahhabism: The Religion of Osama bin Laden.
Islamic Fundamentalist Extremist Groups and Beliefs. Acts of Terrorism against
America 1982-2002. Violence against Women. Religious Justifications for Violence.
Jihad/Holy War. Istishhad/Martyrdom.
OCCULT RELIGIONS
Satanism
Modern Satanism. Defining Satanism. Categories of Satanism. Religious Satanists.
Traditional Satanists. Self-styled Satanists. Youth Subculture Satanists. Anti
Satanism. Modern Religious Satanic Groups. Ordo Templi Orientis. Church of Satan.
Temple of Set. Satanic Violence. Violent Scripture. Vengeance. Satanic Responses
to September 11th. Sacrifice (Ritual Homicide). Satanism on the Internet. Similarities
in Satanic and Terrorist Religions.
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Vampirism
Modern Vampires. Vampire Culture. Real Vampires. Vampire Role Players. The
Goth Movement. Blood Rituals. Vampire Crimes. The Fetish Scene. Contemporary
Vampire Religions. The Sanguinarium. The Temple of the Vampire. The Vampire
Church and other Vampire Religious Groups. Vampire Cults.
Syncretic Religions
Syncretic Belief Systems. Santeria. Santeria Religious Beliefs. Santeria Rituals
and Magical Practices. Initiation. Divination. Spirit Possession. Sacrifice.
Voodoo. Brujeria. Palo Mayombe. Human Sacrifice.
INVESTIGATING RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
Ritualistic Crime Scenes
Crime Scene Clues. Symbols. Magical Alphabets. Sacred Texts. Candle Magic.
Calendars. Investigatory Strategies. Compiling a Search Warrant. Conducting
an Occult Related Investigation. Strategy for Ritualistic Child Abuse Investigation.
Crime Scenes.
Intelligence Strategies
Advantages of Understanding Religious Violence. Law Enforcement Issues. Magical
Thinking. Recruitment Techniques. Indoctrination Techniques. Satanic Ritual
Abuse. Negotiation Techniques. Prevention.
Symbolic Analysis: Ritual Homicide Typology
Types of Criminal Profiling. Washington, D.C. Serial Sniper Case Study. Crime
Classification. Perpetrators' Motives and Methods. Symbolic Analysis: Ritual
Homicide. Typology Categories: Sacrifice, Ritual Murder, Millennial Murder,
Holy War, Iconoclasm, VICAP Forms.
Glossary of terms
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