What is Asatrus position concerning the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
A. September 12, 2001 CE . Based on the teachings of our Ancestral Religion, these were the acts of cowards and murderers. Declaring war on an enemy and openly engaging in battle is a natural and acceptable part of Asatru. However, the cowardly act of ambush and terrorism is the act of murder, according to the ancient Sagas and Eddas of our Folk, which is punishable by the declaration of the perpetrator(s) as outlaw(s). Meaning that their own person(s) are now outside the protection of the law, and they can be killed without recompense to their relatives or descendants. In other words, unless some tremendous payment is made (by the terrorists) to compensate for the lives of the thousands killed in that despicable act (no such payment is imaginable!), the perpetrators (which may include their families, comrades, friends, well-wishers, etc.) must be hunted down and executed. Otherwise, everything and everyone involved remain in a perpetual state of imbalance (chaos), which can only lead
