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If destructiveness is at work in spontaneous groups, it is no less active in established groups. The Church, taken as a model by Freud in Group Psychology, developed a radical violence towards heresies throughout its temporal implantation. As in the political field, the pair idealization-persecution is at the centre of group functioning. When the individual enters a group with extreme beliefs, he or she is subjected to a gradual subjection that is akin to a real process of alienation. A relationship of total domination is established between the new follower, the leader and the members of the community around the dogmatic positions advanced. The maniac represents one of the most radical figures, insofar as he or she commits himself or herself totally with fanatical fury. The search for martyrdom leads many followers to sacrifice according to the model of a programmed self-apocalypse. After returning from jihad, some militants engage in repentance. Either this movement is a cover-up or a real coming to awareness. We also see the emergence of a theory of wait-and-see: a community withdrawal to prepare for the future advent of the ideal society.