Editing Hate group (section)

==Religious hate groups==
{{See also|List of organizations designated by the SPLC as anti-LGBT hate groups}}

The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC) has designated several Christian groups as hate groups, including the [[American Family Association]], the [[Family Research Council]], [[Abiding Truth Ministries]], [[American Vision]], the [[Chalcedon Foundation]], the [[Dove World Outreach Center]], the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] and the [[Westboro Baptist Church]]. Some [[Conservatism|conservatives]] have criticized the SPLC for its inclusion of certain [[Christianity|Christian]] groups, such as the Family Research Council, on its list.<ref name="Is the FRC really a hate group?">{{cite news |last=Sessions |first=David |title=Is the Family Research Council Really a Hate Group? |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/16/is-the-family-research-council-really-a-hate-group.html |access-date=3 August 2014 |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=16 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="SPLC-18-List">{{cite news |last=Waddington |first=Lynda |title=Groups that Helped Oust Iowa Judges Earn 'Hate Group' Designation; SPLC Adds American Family Association, Family Research Council to List |url=http://iowaindependent.com/47947/groups-that-helped-oust-iowa-judges-earn-hate-group-designation |access-date=25 November 2010 |newspaper=[[American Independent News Network|Iowa Independent]] |date=23 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="WaPo hate">{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Krissah |title='Hate group' designation angers same-sex marriage opponents |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112405573.html |access-date=25 November 2010 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=24 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Its So-Called 'Hate Groups'">{{cite news |last=Sprigg |first=Peter |title=The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Its So-Called 'Hate Groups' |url=https://www.frc.org/issuebrief/the-southern-poverty-law-center-splc-and-its-so-called-hate-groups |access-date=6 August 2014 |newspaper=The Family Research Council}}</ref>

The SPLC classifies the [[Nation of Islam]] (NOI) as a hate group under the [[Black separatism|black separatist]] category<ref name=jessup>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1IL-RQcFjRsC&pg=PA165 Jessup, Michael "The Sword of Truth in the Sea of Lies: The Theology of Hate"], in Priest, Robert J. and Alvaro L. Nieves, eds., ''This Side of Heaven'' (Oxford University Press US, 2006) {{ISBN|0-19-531056-X}},  pp. 165–66</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314154401/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3|url-status=dead|title=SPLC – Active U.S. Hate Groups in 2008: Black Separatist|archivedate=March 14, 2008}}</ref> and the [[Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge]] (ISUPK) as a hate group under the [[black supremacist]] category.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948 |title=God and the General. Leader Discusses Black Supremacist Group |date=Fall 2008 |work=Intelligence Report |location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]] |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907052245/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/racist-black-hebrew-israelites-becoming-more-militant |title=Racist Black Hebrew Israelites becoming More Militant |date=Fall 2008 |work=Intelligence Report |location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]] |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/history-hebrew-israelism |title=History of Hebrew Israelism |date=2015 |work=Intelligence Report |location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]] |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> Members of the NOI believe that a black scientist named [[Yakub (Nation of Islam)|Yakub]] created a race of {{wikt-lang|en|white devil|White devils}}, who are considered the progenitors of [[White people]], on the Greek island of [[Patmos]].<ref name="Corbman 2020">{{cite journal |author-last=Corbman |author-first=Marjorie |date=June 2020 |title=The Creation of the Devil and the End of the White Man's Rule: The Theological Influence of the Nation of Islam on Early Black Theology |editor-last=Fletcher |editor-first=Jeannine H. |journal=[[Religions (journal)|Religions]] |location=[[Basel]] |publisher=[[MDPI]] |volume=11 |issue=6: ''Racism and Religious Diversity in the United States'' |page=305 |doi=10.3390/rel11060305 |doi-access=free |eissn=2077-1444}}</ref><ref name="Walker 2012">{{cite book |author-last=Walker |author-first=Dennis |year=2012 |orig-date=1990 |chapter=The Black Muslims in American Society: From Millenarian Protest to Trans-Continental Relationships |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CCYaHRKG-oC&pg=PA343 |editor-last=Trompf |editor-first=G. W. |title=Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements: Transoceanic Comparisons of New Religious Movements |location=[[Berlin]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |series=Religion and Society |volume=29 |pages=343–390 |doi=10.1515/9783110874419.343 |isbn=9783110874419}}</ref><ref name="Berg 2011">{{cite book |author-last=Berg |author-first=Herbert |year=2011 |chapter=Elijah Muhammad’s Redeployment of Muḥammad: Racialist and Prophetic Interpretations of the Qurʾān |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6V6oW6qdfkC&pg=PA329 |editor1-last=Boekhoff-van der Voort |editor1-first=Nicolet |editor2-last=Versteegh |editor2-first=Kees |editor3-last=Wagemakers |editor3-first=Joas |title=The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |series=Islamic History and Civilization |volume=89 |pages=329–353 |doi=10.1163/9789004206786_017 |isbn=978-90-04-20678-6 |issn=0929-2403}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hauser |first1=Thomas |title=Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times |date=15 June 1992 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-77971-9 |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aaV0p8jaeUC&pg=PA85 |language=en}}</ref> Historically a black-only group, White adherents now form a small part of the NOI membership.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gibson |first1=Dawn-Marie |title=A History of the Nation of Islam: Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-39807-0 |page=163 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nR-i0IuQM9AC&pg=PA163 |language=en}}</ref> Alongside the ISUPK,<ref name="ADL 2020">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |title=Extremist Sects Within the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement |date=September 2020 |website=Adl.org |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924020157/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |archive-date=24 September 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> numerous other sects and organizations within the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite movement]] expound extremist, [[Black supremacy|black supremacist]], [[Religious antisemitism|religious antisemitic]], and [[Racism|anti-White racist]] beliefs,<ref name="ADL 2020"/> as well as [[Homophobia|homophobic]], [[Transphobia|transphobic]], and [[Sexism|sexist]] beliefs.<ref name="ADL 2020"/>

The [[White supremacy|White supremacist]] religious group which is currently named the [[Creativity Movement]] (formerly the World Church of the Creator), led by [[Matthew F. Hale]], is associated with violence and [[bigotry]]. The [[Aryan Nations]] is another religiously-based White supremacist hate group.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/creativity-movement |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=10 February 2017 |title=The Creativity Movement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729062216/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/creativity-movement |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Michael">{{cite book |last1=Michael |first1=George |year=2003 |title=Confronting Right Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA |url=https://archive.org/details/confrontingright00mich |url-access=limited |page=[https://archive.org/details/confrontingright00mich/page/n85 72] |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1134377619}}</ref>

The [[Westboro Baptist Church]] is considered a hate group by multiple sources<ref>{{cite web |title=Westboro Baptist Church |url=http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/WBC/default.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=3&item=WBC |publisher=Anti-Defamation League |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707223315/http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/WBC/default.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=3&item=WBC |archive-date=July 7, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite web |title=Hate Map KS |url=http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=KS |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=June 20, 2010}}
* {{cite news |title=Hate Group Targeted by Lawmakers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5015552.stm |date=May 25, 2006 |first=Kathryn |last=Westcott |work=BBC News |location=Barre, Vermont |access-date=June 20, 2010}}
* {{cite news |title=Hate Group Protests at Hamilton H.S. |url=http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/45727977.html |date=May 21, 2009 |first=Katie |last=DeLong |publisher=WTMJ-TV |location=Milwaukee |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717070352/http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/45727977.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite web |title=Anti-Gay Hate Group Targets Seattle Churches |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Anti-gay-hate-group-targets-Seattle-churches-1304527.php |date=June 14, 2009 |first=Ray |last=Lane |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=June 20, 2010}}
* {{cite news |title=Kansas Hate Group Westboro Baptist Church Protest Brooklyn Synagogues |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/kansas-hate-group-westboro-baptist-church-protest-brooklyn-synagogues-article-1.405633 |date=September 27, 2009 |first1=Mike |last1=McLaughlin |work=Daily News |location=New York |first2=Erin |last2=Einhorn |name-list-style=amp |access-date=June 20, 2010}}
* {{cite news |title=Opponents Rally against Westboro Baptist Hate Group |url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/HATE03_20100302-222805/327944/ |date=March 3, 2010 |first1=Reed |last1=Williams |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |first2=Chris I. |last2=Young |name-list-style=amp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305025103/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/HATE03_20100302-222805/327944/ |archive-date=2010-03-05 |access-date=March 23, 2014}}
* {{cite news |title=Hate group protests this week |url=http://temple-news.com/2010/03/30/hate-group-protests-this-week/ |date=March 30, 2010 |work=[[The Temple News]] |publisher=Temple University |location=Philadelphia |access-date=June 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406033316/http://temple-news.com/2010/03/30/hate-group-protests-this-week/ |archive-date=April 6, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite news |title=Interview with Westboro Baptist Church: Hate in the Name of God |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293364 |date=June 16, 2010 |first=W.V. |last=Fitzgerald |work=DigitalJournal.com |access-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref> and the WBC is monitored as such by the [[Anti-Defamation League]] and the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]. The church has been involved in actions against gay people since at least 1991, when it sought a crackdown on homosexual activity at [[Gage Park, Topeka|Gage Park]] six blocks northwest of the church.<ref>Jones, K. Ryan (2008), ''Fall from Grace'' (documentary).</ref> In addition to conducting [[Homophobia|anti-gay]] protests at military funerals, the organization pickets celebrity funerals and public events.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wing |first=Nick |title=Elizabeth Edwards Funeral To Be Picketed By Westboro Baptist Church |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/elizabeth-edwards-funeral-westboro-baptist-church_n_794333.html |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=2010-12-09}}</ref> Protests have also been held against [[American Jews|Jews]] and [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholics]], and some protests have included WBC members [[American flag desecration|stomping on the American flag or flying the flag upside down on a flagpole]]. The church also has made statements such as "thank God for dead soldiers", "God blew up the troops", and "[[Anti-Americanism|God hates America]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=About Westboro Baptist Church |url=http://www.godhatesfags.com/wbcinfo/aboutwbc.html |work=God Hates Fags |publisher=Westboro Baptist Church |access-date=June 18, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618001055/http://www.godhatesfags.com/wbcinfo/aboutwbc.html |archive-date=June 18, 2017 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The church has faced several accusations of [[brainwashing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/lauren-drain-westboro-baptist-brainwashed-piers-morgan_n_2823093.html |title=Lauren Drain, Former Westboro Baptist Member, Says Group 'Brainwashed' And 'Manipulated' Her (VIDEO) |date=March 7, 2013 |via=Huff Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/westboro-baptist-church-member-brainwashed-article-1.1257287 |title=Former Westboro Baptist Church member speaks out: 'I was brainwashed' – NY Daily News |first=Carol |last=Kuruvilla|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=6 February 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/daughter-who-fled-westboro-baptist-church-tells-of-brainwashing/29054869.html|title=Daughter who fled Westboro Baptist Church tells of brainwashing|date=February 7, 2013|website=Independent.ie}}</ref> and has been criticized as a [[cult]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-fred-phelps-and-westboro-baptist-church/|title=9 Things You Should Know About Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church|first=Joe|last=Carter|date=June 16, 2017|website=The Gospel Coalition}}</ref> because of its provocative stance against [[homosexuality]] and the [[United States]], and it has been condemned by many mainstream [[LGBT rights opposition|LGBT rights opponents]] as well as by [[LGBT rights|LGBT rights supporters]].<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=627 The year in hate 2005], [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].</ref>