but today, marcus murray is hoping to make a big change on the inside. >> how you doing? >> he filed a grievous to have asatru removed from the list of security threat groups or gangs. today the coordinator and assistant superintendent have granted murray a hearing on the matter. >> if you saw someone coming to your community or services with ill will or intent to participate in a security threat group activity what would your take be. >>? >> to come whence they came. if one person is sick in the group then we're all sick. if you are in the community you have a say so. if it is anything that is kind of controversial it does get voted on. >> can you elaborate on that a little bit? >> let's say that somebody had an idea for how we salute each other. >> are you talking about greeting someone? >> like a handshake or something. like as a fraternity people like to set themselves apart. >> you stated that you or your community have a greeting that you referred to as a salute. could you show me what that refers to? >> no i never said that. you mean like we say something we say [

marcus murray is the self-proclaimed gothi or priest of a little known dramatic pegan religion. >> asatru is the pre-christian religion of northern europeans. >> holy gods. greater and lesser sons. hear me now. your son of brig. >> asatru has proven popular among predominantly white inmates in prisons nationwide. murray says he discovered it shortly after coming to wabash 11 years earlier. he's serving a 60-year sentence for beating another man to death and says asatru which worships nordic gods helps him come to grips with the murder. his many prison tattoos are symbols of his faith. >> they're all oriented, as you can tell, viking age is a large portion of asatru study viking age history. >> but prison officials have begun to see asatru as something else. a front for white supremacist gangs. members have been allowed to hold services at some prisons, but wabash has banned such gatherings. >> the white supremacy gang members are using services to have their gang members within the services itself. it's been quite disruptive at these other facilities. >> murray denies any ties to right su