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Alternate Names: AFA
The Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA), founded in 1995, is a group that practices modern Norse paganism with a white supremacist slant. It is largely California based, with chapters in some other states as well. Modern Norse paganism (often called Asatru) is a revival of ancient Norse religious beliefs and practices from pre-Christian Europe. Though most Asatruers are not racist or white supremacists, a minority do have such beliefs (often called “Odinism”). The AFA is one of the most prominent examples of this phenomenon. The group’s Declaration of Purpose includes as one of its main goals “the survival and welfare of the Ethnic European Folk as a cultural and biological group,” stressing that “by Ethnic European Folk, we mean white people.”
AFA’s logo, borrowed from an image appearing on the Snoldelev Stone, consists of three intertwined drinking horns arranged like a triskele and surrounded by a circle; this image typically appears against a blue background. It can appear on items such as flags, banners, and clothing.
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