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Line 301: * The Salvation Army is commonly seen as a general Protestant charity. However, they are this trope: a church organized along military lines, although the denomination isn't devoted to warfare, but rather aggressively trying to end poverty and help their fellow man. * [[wikipedia:1838 Mormon War\|The Mormon War]]. Joseph Smith Jr. was once the leader of the militia (especially noteworthy is [[wikipedia:Zion's Camp\|Zion's Camp]] ) and also the prophet and leader of the LDS church. After Smith's assassination when Brigham Young was prophet and leader of the LDS church they organized the [[wikipedia:Mormon Battalion\|Mormon Battalion]] which is the only religious military unit in United States history and was part of the Mexican-American war. * [[Sikhism]] is famous for this aspect. They express it in a more publicly accepted fashion ~~then~~than some groups, through such means as participation in regular military units and the carrying of symbolic weapons. Defense of the righteous is fairly central to the faith of Sikhism, which is understandable considering their history of being surrounded by militant Islamic factions and equally militant Hindus. They represent only about 2% at most of the Indian population yet make up nearly 15% of the army (and 20% of officers). Indian UN peacekeepers are usually called blue turbans due to the high probability they're Sikh soldiers (most male Sikhs do not cut their hair and keep it in a turban). * Many Churches, Synagogues, or other similar religious institutions have a faux-paramilitary youth group like the scouts or some kind of copycat. This is a laughably innocent downplaying, not laughably because it is funny (it can be a splendid way to associate good conduct with esprit de corps in young people's minds)but because of the fact that it is classed with this trope. But technically it does belong.

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