Odinia International

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Odinia International
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Created bySeana Fenner
Website www.odinia.org
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Launched2012

Odinia International is a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and Holocaust denying WordPress website that is part of the neo-pagan Heathrery movement. This extremist website was created by Seana Elizabeth Fenner von Fenneberg (also known as Sharon H. Fenner) sometime in 2012. [2] It denounces the Judeo-Christian God as being a "Jewish God" rather than a "true European God" and states that Christianity is equivalent to "cultural marxism". Fenner labels the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League as "terrorist Jewish supremacist organizations." [2] The website states in its values that it is against both same-sex marriage and interracial marriage. [3] Fenner has also posted many white supremacist and Neo-Nazi memes to the Odinia International website. [4]

Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II militant social or political movements seeking to revive and implement the ideology of Nazism. Neo-Nazis seek to employ their ideology to promote hatred and attack minorities, or in some cases to create a fascist political state. It is a global phenomenon, with organized representation in many countries and international networks. It borrows elements from Nazi doctrine, including ultranationalism, racism, xenophobia, ableism, homophobia, anti-Romanyism, antisemitism, anti-communism and initiating the Fourth Reich. Holocaust denial is a common feature, as is the incorporation of Nazi symbols and admiration of Adolf Hitler.

White supremacy or white supremacism is the racist belief that white people are superior to people of other races and therefore should be dominant over them. White supremacy has roots in scientific racism, and it often relies on pseudoscientific arguments. Like most similar movements such as neo-Nazism, white supremacists typically oppose members of other races as well as Jews.

Holocaust denial Denial of the genocide of Jews in World War II

Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust during World War II. Holocaust deniers make one or more of the following false statements:

In April 2016, Odinia International gained controversy after a woman's request that Pagan Federation Ireland get her and her husband married was denied because she "would prefer to find someone who only performs heterosexual ceremonies and refrains from marrying those of mixed races". Afterward, Pagan Federation Ireland replied to them that the woman's values, which were linked to the values and ideology of Odinia International, did not comply with the values of Pagan Federation Ireland. [5]

Ryan Smith, writing in the Wild Hunt, suggests that folkish Odinist groups such as Odinia International are, by their nature, racist, and should be entirely abolished. [6]

Heathenry (new religious movement) Modern Pagan religion

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Racism race or ethnic-based discrimination

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Eliminationism is the belief that one's political opponents are, in the words of Oklahoma City University School of Law professor Phyllis E. Bernard, "a cancer on the body politic that must be excised—either by separation from the public at large, through censorship or by outright extermination—in order to protect the purity of the nation".

The website contains articles which deny the Jewish holocaust [7] and assert that genocide was committed against people of European ancestry by Jews. [8] Odinia.org explicitly states in its values that it is against both same-sex marriage and interracial marriage. [8] Seana Fenner states that all of the organizations which identify themselves as being anti-racist are really run by Jewish supremacists, who are trying to take over native European Heathenry. [9]

Jews ancient nation and ethnoreligious group from the Levant

Jews or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish people, while its observance varies from strict observance to complete nonobservance.

The website is a part of a series of White Nationalist websites published by Fenner using GoDaddy services. [10] [11]

GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and incorporated in Delaware. As of March 2019, GoDaddy has approximately 18.5 million customers and over 9,000 employees worldwide. The company is known for its advertising on TV and in the newspapers. It has been involved in several controversies related to censorship.

Seana Elizabeth Fenner von Fenneberg (Sharon H. Fenner)

The founder, Seana Fenner, who was 74 years old in 2018, [8] has a mantra about white supremacism. [12] .

Fenner claims to have worked for organizations as diverse as NASA and the University of Oxford Rowing Team, and the Dancers del Vulcano Impetuoso. [2] Her website only lists her major in English literature and minor in religion. [2]

Odinia International is based out of Hawaii, where Fenner lives, as well as Florida. [13] [14] [2] Fenner grew up in Miami, Florida. [2]

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