SettingsPerpetrators of religiously motivated violence in the United States
1994 Planned Parenthood Shootings
The perpetrator was John C. Salvi III.
The perpetrator was John C. Salvi III.
2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting
The 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting took place on June 1, 2009, when Muslim convert Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad opened fire with a rifle in a drive-by shooting on soldiers in front o...
The 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting took place on June 1, 2009, when Muslim convert Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad opened fire with a rifle in a drive-by shooting on soldiers in front o...
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith was a spree killer who targeted members of racial and ethnic minorities in random drive-by shootings in Illinois and Indiana, USA during the weekend of July 4, 1999.
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith was a spree killer who targeted members of racial and ethnic minorities in random drive-by shootings in Illinois and Indiana, USA during the weekend of July 4, 1999.
David Koresh
David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet.
David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet.
David Lewis Rice
David Lewis Rice is a follower of the Christian Identity movement who, on Christmas Eve 1985, gained entry to the Seattle home of civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark using a toy gun and prete...
David Lewis Rice is a follower of the Christian Identity movement who, on Christmas Eve 1985, gained entry to the Seattle home of civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark using a toy gun and prete...
E. R. Stephenson
Reverend Edwin R. Stephenson (1870 - August 4, 1956) was a minister of the now extinct Methodist Episcopal Church, South and a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Reverend Edwin R. Stephenson (1870 - August 4, 1956) was a minister of the now extinct Methodist Episcopal Church, South and a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Eric Robert Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is a criminal responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and ...
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is a criminal responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and ...
Eric Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American terrorist responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States betwee...
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American terrorist responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States betwee...
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet was an Egyptian-American terrorist who on July 4, 2002, murdered 2 people and wounded 4 others at Los Angeles International Airport in the 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting.
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet was an Egyptian-American terrorist who on July 4, 2002, murdered 2 people and wounded 4 others at Los Angeles International Airport in the 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting.
James Charles Kopp
James Charles Kopp (born August 2, 1954) is an American citizen who was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 sniper-style murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, an American physician from Amherst, New York wh...
James Charles Kopp (born August 2, 1954) is an American citizen who was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 sniper-style murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, an American physician from Amherst, New York wh...
Jeffrey Lundgren
Jeffrey Don Lundgren was a self-proclaimed prophet, former leader of a cult group, and convicted mass murderer of five people.
Jeffrey Don Lundgren was a self-proclaimed prophet, former leader of a cult group, and convicted mass murderer of five people.
Jewish Defense League
The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a Jewish organization whose stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary".
The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a Jewish organization whose stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary".
John Salvi
John C. Salvi III (March 2, 1972 – November 29, 1996) was an abortion opponent who carried out fatal terrorist attacks on two Planned Parenthood reproductive health clinics in Brookline, Massach...
John C. Salvi III (March 2, 1972 – November 29, 1996) was an abortion opponent who carried out fatal terrorist attacks on two Planned Parenthood reproductive health clinics in Brookline, Massach...
Ma Anand Sheela
Ma Anand Sheela is a former follower, secretary and spokeswoman for the Indian mystic and spiritual teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, now commonly known as Osho.
Ma Anand Sheela is a former follower, secretary and spokeswoman for the Indian mystic and spiritual teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, now commonly known as Osho.
Matthew F. Hale
Matthew F. Hale, more commonly known as Matt Hale, was the third Pontifex Maximus of the nontheistic and ethnocentric religion, Creativity, and the founder of the group formerly known as t...
Matthew F. Hale, more commonly known as Matt Hale, was the third Pontifex Maximus of the nontheistic and ethnocentric religion, Creativity, and the founder of the group formerly known as t...
Michael Bray
Rev.Michael Bray is an American minister who was convicted in 1985 of two counts of conspiracy and one count of possessing unregistered explosive devices in relation to 10 bombings of women's he...
Rev.Michael Bray is an American minister who was convicted in 1985 of two counts of conspiracy and one count of possessing unregistered explosive devices in relation to 10 bombings of women's he...
Nidal A. Ayyad
Nidal A. Ayyad was a conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing.
Nidal A. Ayyad was a conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing.
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center...
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center...
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef (رمزي يوسف, ; born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.
Ramzi Yousef (رمزي يوسف, ; born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.
Richard Dale Morrison
Richard Dale Morrison pled guilty to Damaging Religious Property for setting fire to an all-black Church of Christ in Henderson, Nevada, in 1996.
Richard Dale Morrison pled guilty to Damaging Religious Property for setting fire to an all-black Church of Christ in Henderson, Nevada, in 1996.
Richard Reid (shoe bomber)
Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from ...
Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from ...
Shelley Shannon
Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon is an anti-abortion gunwoman, saboteur, and rhetorician from Grants Pass, Oregon.
Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon is an anti-abortion gunwoman, saboteur, and rhetorician from Grants Pass, Oregon.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber", is a Nigerian Islamist.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber", is a Nigerian Islamist.