Political violence is a method through which a nation or religious group validates its sacred ideal. The purpose of political violence is generating death or wounds in the name of a sacred entity or idea. The methodology is the same, regardless of the nature of the ideal or entity. One may love the ideal or hate it.

Hitler's fundamental objective was to rid the world of Jews.
 

Death functions in the name of confirming the reality of the sacred ideal. The death of one's enemy and of one's own people are equally valid methods. In the name of the ideal, human beings forfeit their individual lives.