--- description: Anti-Muslim groups have risen especially in hate groups last year title: Read the New List of 917 Hate Groups According to the Southern Poverty Law Center image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9310c2ac7bbce02d/6988ba7ea988ca4f276bb05f/kkk.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the List of the 917 Hate Groups Identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center ## Video: Donald Trump Runs for President: A Look Back [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump Runs for President: A Look Back](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dgn8DCbB.m3u8) (7:19)  _Published 2016-10-31. In one of the most shocking U.S. elections in modern political history, Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton._ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 15, 2017 7:06 PM CUT  A member of the Ku Klux Klan who says his name is Gary Munker poses for a photo during an interview with AFP in Hampton Bays, New York on November 22, 2016. A member of the Ku Klux Klan who says his name is Gary Munker poses for a photo during an interview with AFP in Hampton Bays, New York on November 22, 2016.WILLIAM EDWARDS—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 15, 2017 7:06 PM CUT A new report from the [Southern Poverty Law Center](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/year-hate-and-extremism "undefined") claims the number of hate groups in the U.S. are on the rise, which it blames on terrorist attacks as well as President Trump’s rhetoric. In its annual report on U.S. extremist groups, the Alabama-based nonprofit says the number of hate groups rose from 892 in 2015 to 917 last year, with the number of anti-Muslim groups rising from 34 to 101. In a conference call with reporters, senior fellow Mark Potok said the increase was due in part to Trump’s language about Muslims and his [2015 call](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-preventing-muslim-immigration "undefined") for “a complete and total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” “Trump’s election has been absolutely electrifying to the radical right,” Potok said. The annual report has [faced criticism in the past](http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-02-18/critics-splc-targets-demonizes-conservative-groups "undefined") from some of its targets, who argue that it unfairly lumps them with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, but the SPLC maintains that it defines hate groups as organizations that attack an entire class of people and that use lies or name-calling. This year’s [list](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/active-hate-groups-2016 "undefined") includes more than 40 chapters of ACT! for America, a group which has pushed for state laws banning Sharia law. ACT! for America says that it is not anti-Muslim, though the [SPLC notes that its founder](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/act-america "undefined"), Brigitte Gabriel, [has questioned whether practicing Muslims can be loyal U.S. citizens](http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/religious-rights/252605-anti-muslim-bigotry-has-no-place-in-politics "undefined"). “\[ACT! was\] claiming 800 chapters \[in 2015\] and we couldn’t find really any activity in those chapters at all, so it seemed like a bogus claim,” Potok told TIME. “The reason they came to life was the Syrian refugee crisis. We spent a lot of time verifying that there were real groups on the ground with real leaders.” The SPLC breaks down entries by local chapters “not \[as\] an effort on our part to swell the numbers,” Potok said, but as “an effort to be serious about education people about where these groups are and how large they are.” To qualify as a hate group, organizations must exhibit on-the-ground activity that could include rallying, committing crimes, spreading leaflets, accepting memberships or selling literature, he said. The report also noted a change in how hate groups are organized. Chapters of the Ku Klux Klan shrunk by 32%, which the SPLC said was in part due to the rise of so-called “alt right” groups which are “a recent rebranding of white supremacy for public relations purposes, albeit one that de-emphasizes Klan robes and Nazi symbols in favor of a more ‘intellectual’ approach.” Here is the full list of the 917 groups, broken down by chapter (\* indicates headquarters; some groups have independent state and local branches), that the SPLC designates as hate groups: ### Ku Klux Klan With its long history of violence, the Klan is the most infamous — and oldest — of American hate groups. When the Klan was formed in 1865, it was a single, unitary organization. Today, there are dozens of competing Klan groups. Although black Americans have typically been the Klan’s primary target, it has also attacked Jews, immigrants, homosexuals, and Catholics. **Christian American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Cocoa, FL\* Hoxie, AR Bushnell, FL **Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Panama, NY\* Kentucky Horn Lake, MS North Carolina **Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Rosedale, MD\* Greenwood, AR Auburn, IN Madison, IN Morehead, KY Saint Martinville, LA Sikeston, MO Vale, NC Toms River, NJ Walterboro, SC Richmond, VA **East Coast Knights Of The True Invisible Empire** Venus, TX\* Nassau, DE Annapolis, MD North Carolina Girardville, PA **Georgia Knight Riders of the Ku Klux Klan** Live Oak, FL **Great Lakes Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Alpena, MI **International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Vanndale, AR\* Cedartown, GA Mississippi **Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Harrison, AR **Knights of the White Disciples** Hudson, FL\* North Carolina **Ku Klos Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Church Hill, TN\* Hazel Green, AL Vance, AL Cape Coral, FL Hudson, FL Wauchula, FL Gurnee, IL Illinois Indianapolis, IN Kokomo, IN Muncie, IN Indiana Harrodsburg, KY Battle Creek, MI Springfield, MO Leakesville, MS Chapel Hill, NC Sanford, NC Hempstead, NY Bally, PA Butler, TN Erwin, TN Hendersonville, TN Hixson, TN Knoxville, TN Lexington, TN Memphis, TN Murfreesboro, TN Ohio Meadville, PA Oil City, PA Gatesville, TX Texas Virginia **Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Pelham, NC\* Birmingham, AL Cullman, AL Huntsville, AL Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Anaheim, CA San Francisco, CA Jacksonville, FL Canton, GA Covington, GA Dallas, GA Valdosta, GA Clay City, IL Baton Rouge, LA Trenton, MI Jackson, MS Hampton Bays, NY Columbus, OH South Carolina Fort Worth, TX Danville, VA Richmond, VA **Militant Knights Ku Klux Klan** Dixonville, PA\* Alabama Maine Alpena, MI Minneapolis, MN Mississippi Missouri New Jersey New York Ohio Gladeville, TN Flint, TX **Nordic Order Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Dawson Springs, KY\* Alabama **North Mississippi White Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan** Tupelo, MS **Old Dominion Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Virginia **Old Glory Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Vincent, OH **Original Knight Riders Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Beckley, WV **Outlaw Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Ohio **Pacific Coast Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** California\* Spokane, WA **Patriotic Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Gladewater, TX **Rebel Brigade Knights True Invisible Empire** Martinsville, VA **Southern Ohio Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Ohio **Texas Rebel Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Quinlan, TX **Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan** Park Hills, MO\* Hayden, ID Pennsylvania **United Dixie White Knights Ku Klux Klan** Leakesville, MS\* Alabama Illinois Indiana Plantersville, MS North Carolina **United Klans of America** Ashland, AL\* Pennsylvania McMinnville, TN Texas **United Northern and Southern Knights** **of the Ku Klux Klan** East Ellijay, GA\* California **United White Knights** **of the Ku Klux Klan** New Boston, TX **White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America** Vancouver, WA ### Neo-Nazi These groups share a hatred for Jews and an admiration for Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. While they also hate other minorities, homosexuals, and even sometimes Christians, they perceive “the Jew” as their cardinal enemy and trace social problems to a Jewish conspiracy that supposedly controls governments, financial institutions, and the media. **America First Committee** Lyons, IL **American Nazi Party** Westland, MI\* California West Virginia **Aryan Nations (Louisiana)** Converse, LA **Aryan Nations Sadistic Souls MC** Wood River, IL\* Alabama Canton, IL Taylorville, IL Grovespring, MO Ohio Oklahoma Tennessee Wisconsin **Aryan Nations Worldwide** Villa Rica, GA **Aryan Renaissance Society** New York, NY Tennessee Texas **Atomwaffen Division** San Antonio, TX **Creativity Movement, The** Bloomington, IL **Daily Stormer, The** Worthington, OH\* Cullman, AL Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Mountain View, CA Santa Cruz, CA Santa Monica, CA Denver, CO Brandon, FL Orlando, FL Amana, IA Indianapolis, IN Louisville, KY Cambridge, MA Lowell, MA Baltimore, MD St. Louis, MO Asheville, NC Charlotte, NC Raleigh, NC New York Las Vegas, NV Columbus, OH Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX Dallas, TX Wichita Falls, TX Burlington, VT Seattle, WA Spokane, WA **Einherjar’s Honor Wotansvolk** Virginia **Endangered Souls RC/Crew 519** Florida Idaho **Gallows Tree Wotansvolk Alliance** Grand Rapids, MI\* California Florida Indiana Iowa Massachusetts Minnesota Rhode Island Texas **Golden Dawn** Astoria, NY **National Alliance** Laurel Bloomery, TN\* neo-nazi cont’d Hillsboro, WV **National Alliance Reform and Restoration Group** Carson City, NV **National Socialist German Workers Party** Lincoln, NE **National Socialist Movement** Detroit, MI\* Alabama Tucson, AZ Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming **New Order** Milwaukee, WI **Noble Breed Kindred** California **NS Publications** Wyandotte, MI **PzG Inc.** Rapid City, SD **Third Reich Books** Fairbury, NE **Werewolf 88** Pennsylvania **White Aryan Resistance** Warsaw, IN **White Devil Social Club** Wisconsin **Wolfhook Life Clothing** Northern Indiana ### White Nationalist White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of non-whites. Groups listed in several other categories — Ku Klux Klan, neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, racist Skinhead, and Christian Identity — could also be described as white nationalist. **Alternative Right** Atlanta, GA **American Eagle Party** Gatlinburg, TN **American Freedom Party** Los Angeles, CA\* Lakewood Ranch, FL Indiana County, IN Montana Grand Forks, ND New York, NY Granbury, TX **American Freedom Union** Hampton Township, PA **American Renaissance/New Century Foundation** Oakton, VA **American Vanguard** Huntington Beach, CA\* Arizona Northern California Orlando, FL Missouri Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Utah Virginia Bremerton, WA **Bob’s Underground Graduate Seminar/BUGS** Columbia, SC **Center for Perpetual Diversity** Arlington, VA **Conservative Citizens Foundation, Inc.** Bridgeton, MO **Council of Conservative Citizens** St. Louis, MO\* Eufaula, AL Silver Spring, MD New York, NY Franklin, TN **Counter-Currents Publishing** San Francisco, CA\* New York, NY Seattle, WA **European American Action Coalition** Pittston, PA **European American Front** Baldwyn, MS **Faith and Heritage** Killeen, TX **Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, The** Vienna, VA **Forza Nuova—USA** New Jersey\* Phoenix, AZ **Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas** Clinton Township, MI **Free American** Tucson, AZ **Heritage and Destiny** Silver Spring, MD **H.L. Mencken Club** Elizabethtown, PA **Identity Evropa** Oakdale, CA **National Policy Institute** Whitefish, MT\* Arlington, VA **Northwest Front** Bremerton, WA **Occidental Dissent** Eufaula, AL **Occidental Observer** Laguna Beach, CA **Occidental Quarterly/Charles Martel Society** Atlanta, GA **Patriotic Flags** Charleston, SC **Phalanx** Washington, DC **Pioneer Little Europe Kalispell Montana** Kalispell, MT **Political Cesspool, The** Bartlett, TN **Racial Nationalist Party of America** Lockport, NY **Radix Journal** Whitefish, MT **Right Stuff, The** New York, NY\* Cincinnati, OH Columbus, OH Lehigh County, PA **Scott-Townsend Publishers** Washington, DC **Social Contract Press** Petoskey, MI **Sons & Daughters of Liberty** Florida\* Illinois Indiana **South Africa Project** Converse, LA **Stormfront** West Palm Beach, FL **Traditionalist Worker Party** Paoli, IN\* Sacramento, CA Columbus, IN Kansas Louisville, KY Madisonville, KY Murray, KY Philadelphia, PA Dallas, TX Virginia **Traditionalist Youth Network** Paoli, IN\* Bloomington, IN Benson, NC Wisconsin **VDARE Foundation** Warrenton, VA **Washington Summit Publishers** Whitefish, MT **White Boy Society** Illinois\* Kansas Michigan Missouri Wisconsin **White Lives Matter** Texas\* Connecticut Tennessee **White New York** Rochester, NY **White Rabbit Radio** Dearborn Heights, MI **Wolves of Vinland** Lynchburg, VA\* Colorado Oregon Washington Wyoming **WTM Enterprises** Roanoke, IN ### Racist Skinhead Racist skinheads form a particularly violent element of the white supremacist movement and have often been referred to as the “shock troops” of the hoped-for revolution. The archetypal skinhead look is a shaved head, black boots with red laces, jeans with suspenders, and an array of typically racist tattoos. Skinheads are migratory and often not affiliated with groups. **AC Skins** Atlantic City, NJ **American Front** Oregon Washington **American Vikings** Indianapolis, IN **Aryan Strikeforce** Phillipsburg, NJ\* Arkansas Colorado Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia West Virginia **Be Active Front USA** Maryland Pennsylvania **Blood and Honour America Division** Washington **Blood and Honour Social Club** Greensboro, NC\* Georgia Indiana New York Ohio Pennsylvania **California Skinheads** California **Confederate Hammerskins** Florida Georgia North Carolina Nashville, TN Virginia **Crew 38** California Florida Georgia Idaho Chicago, IL Kentucky Wichita, KS Maine Maryland New Hampshire North Carolina Tennessee Virginia Washington **Eastern Hammerskins** New Hampshire **Firm 22** Florida Indiana New York Washington **Golden State Skinheads** Northern California Southern California **Keystone State Skinheads** Harrisburg, PA\* Philadelphia, PA **Maryland State Skinheads** Baltimore, MD **Midland Hammerskins** Wichita, KS South Dakota **Northern Hammerskins** Chicago, IL Detroit, MI **Northwestern Hammerskins** Idaho Oregon Washington **Sacto Skins** Sacramento, CA **Supreme White Alliance** Ohio\* Florida Kentucky Missouri Pennsylvania Virginia **Vinland Clothing** Oildale, CA **Vinlanders Social Club** Indiana\* Arizona California Florida Minnesota North Carolina Texas **Western Hammerskins** California ### Christian Identity Christian Identity describes a religion that is fundamentally racist and anti-Semitic. It asserts that whites, not Jews, are the true Israelites favored by God in the Bible. In most of its forms, Identity theology depicts Jews as biologically descended from Satan, while non-whites are seen as soulless “mud people” created with the other Biblical “beasts of the field.” Some groups listed in other categories, such as the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations and several Klan groups, also hold Christian Identity beliefs. **America’s Promise Ministries** Sandpoint, ID **Christian American Ministries** Greensburg, LA **Christian Revival Center** Harrison, AR **Church of Israel** Schell City, MO **Covenant People’s Ministry** Brooks, GA **Diving International Church of the Web** Morton, IL **Divine Truth Minstries** Bainbridge, OH\* Arkansas **Euro Folk Radio** Chicago, IL **Fellowship of God’s Covenant People** Union, KY **Kingdom Identity Ministries** Harrison, AR **Kinsman Redeemer Ministries** Alexandria, KY **Mission to Israel** Scottsbluff, NE **Non-Universal Teaching Ministries** Fostoria, OH **Our Place Fellowship** Colville, WA **Sacred Truth Publishing & Ministries** Mountain City, TN **Scriptures for America Ministries** Laporte, CO **Virginia Publishing Company** Lynchburg, VA **Weisman Publications** Apple Valley, MN **Yahushua Dual Seed Christian Identity Ministry** Livingston, TX **Yahweh’s Truth** Linwood, MI ### Neo-Confederate Many groups celebrate traditional Southern culture and the Civil War’s dramatic conflict between the Union and the Confederacy. But neo-Confederate groups go further and embrace racist attitudes toward blacks and white separatism. Neo-Confederate groups seek to revive many of the racist principles of the antebellum South. **ACTBAC NC** Snow Camp, NC **Dixie Republic** Traveler’s Rest, SC **FreeMississippi** Perkinston, MS **League of the South** Killen, AL\* Anniston, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Wetumpka, AL Harrison, AR Jacksonville, FL Lake City, FL Miami, FL Macon, GA Ft. Mitchell, KY London, KY Taylorsville, KY Logansport, LA Clements, MD West Plains, MO Tupelo, MS Wilmington, NC Aiken, SC Lobelville, TN Conroe, TX La Porte, TX Waxahachie, TX Winchester, VA **Mary Noel Kershaw Foundation** Lobelville, TN **Pace Confederate Depot** Baldwyn, MS **Southern Future** Aiken, SC **Southern National Congress** Alexandria, VA\* Wetumpka, AL Arkansas Jacksonville, FL Morganton, GA Fruit Hill, KY Louisiana Maryland Mississippi West Plains, MO North Carolina Travelers Rest, SC Tennessee Texas ### Black Separatist Black separatist groups are organizations whose ideologies include tenets of racially based hatred. These groups typically oppose integration and racial intermarriage, and want separate institutions — or even a separate nation — for blacks. Most forms of black separatism are strongly anti-white and anti-Semitic. **All Eyes on Egipt Bookstore** Brooklyn, NY\* Orlando, FL Decatur, GA Macon, GA Monticello, GA Chicago, IL Dorchester, MA Detroit, MI Cleveland, OH **Black Riders Liberation Party** Los Angeles, CA\* Oakland, CA San Diego, CA Miami, FL Chicago, IL Detroit, MI New York, NY Portland, OR Virginia **Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, The** New York, NY\* Washington, DC Fort Myers, FL Miami, FL Orlando, FL West Palm Beach, FL Baltimore, MD Minneapolis, MN Greensboro, NC Omaha, NE Jersey City, NJ Philadelphia, PA Oklahoma City, OK Portland, OR Allentown, PA Pittsburgh, PA **Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge** Baltimore, MD\* Los Angeles, CA Rialto, CA Washington, DC black separtist cont’d Miami, FL Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Detroit, MI Minneapolis, MN St. Louis, MO North Carolina New York, NY Syracuse, NY Oklahoma Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA Texas Seattle, WA **Israel United In Christ** Mount Vernon, NY\* Birmingham, AL Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Denver, CO Washington, DC Miami, FL Orlando, FL Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Kansas City, KS Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Detroit, MI St. Louis, MO Charlotte, NC Newark, NJ Las Vegas, NV Bronx, NY Heath, OH Oregon Warr Acres, OK Pittsburgh, PA Memphis, TN Austin, TX Corpus Christi, TX Dallas, TX Houston, TX San Antonio, TX Hampton, VA **Nation of Islam** Chicago, IL\* Birmingham, AL Huntsville, AL Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Pine Bluff, AR Phoenix, AZ Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA Rialto, CA San Diego, CA Stockton, CA Denver, CO Washington, DC Wilmington, DE Fort Lauderdale, FL Gainesville, FL Miami, FL Pensacola, FL Pine Hills, FL Saint Petersburg, FL Tampa, FL Atlanta, GA Augusta, GA Brunswick, GA Columbus, GA East Saint Louis, IL Rockford, IL Indianapolis, IN Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Baton Rouge, LA Monroe, LA New Orleans, LA Shreveport, LA Boston, MA Springfield, MA Baltimore, MD Benton Harbor, MI Detroit, MI Grand Rapids, MI Kansas City, MO St. Louis, MO Holly Springs, MS Southaven, MS Charlotte, NC Durham, NC Greensboro, NC Raleigh, NC Winston-Salem, NC Camden, NJ Newark, NJ New Brunswick, NJ Plainfield, NJ Willingboro, NJ Brooklyn, NY Buffalo, NY Harlem, NY Rochester, NY Akron, OH Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dayton, OH Tulsa, OK Harrisburg, PA Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Greenville, SC Chattanooga, TN Memphis, TN Austin, TX Dallas, TX Fort Worth, TX Houston, TX Texarkana, TX Norfolk, VA Richmond, VA Milwaukee, WI **New Black Panther Party** Houston, TX\* Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Jacksonville, FL Miami, FL Tampa, FL Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Augusta, GA Waycross, GA Springfield, IL Louisville, KY St. Louis, MO Hattiesburg, MS Newark, NJ Dayton, OH Nashville, TN Dallas, TX Tomball, TX Virginia Beach, VA **New Black Panther Party for Self Defense** Stone Mountain, GA\* New Haven, CT Tampa Bay, FL **Sicarii 1715** San Diego, CA\* Inland Empire, CA Seattle, WA **War On The Horizon** Washington, DC ### Anti-LGBT Opposition to equal rights for LGBT people has been a central theme of Christian Right organizing and fundraising for the past four decades. These groups are not listed on the basis of opposition to same-sex marriage or the belief that the Bible describes homosexual activity as sinful. Anti-LGBT groups engage in crude name-calling and disseminate disparaging propaganda and falsehoods about this population, such as the claim that gay men molest children at vastly higher rates than straight men. **Abiding Truth Ministries** Springfield, MA **Alliance Defending Freedom** Scottsdale, AZ **American College of Pediatricians** Gainesville, FL **American Family Association** Tupelo, MS\* Franklin, PA **Americans for Truth About Homosexuality** Naperville, IL **American Vision** Powder Springs, GA **ATLAH World Missionary Church (All The Land Anointed Holy)** New York, NY **Campus Ministry USA, The** Terre Haute, IN **Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM)** Washington, DC New York, NY **Chalcedon Foundation** Vallecito, CA **Citizens for Community Values** Cincinnati, OH **Conservative Republicans of Texas** Houston, TX **D. James Kennedy Ministries (formerly Truth in Action)** Fort Lauderdale, FL **Faith Baptist Church (formerly Sons of Thundr)** Greenville, GA **Faith2Action** North Royalton, OH **Faithful Word Baptist Church** Tempe, AZ **Family Research Council** Washington, DC **Family Research Institute** Colorado Springs, CO **Family Watch International** Gilbert, AZ **Generations With Vision** Elizabeth, CO **Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment (H.O.M.E.)** Downers Grove, IL **Illinois Family Institute** Carol Stream, IL **Illinois Family Institute Tri-County chapter** Peoria, IL **Liberty Counsel** Orlando, FL **Mass Resistance** Waltham, MA\* Torrance, CA Lewiston, ME St. Louis, MO Yorktown, VA **Mission: America** Columbus, OH **Pacific Justice Institute** Sacramento, CA **Pass the Salt Ministries** Hebron, OH **Pilgrims Covenant Church** Monroe, WI **Pray in Jesus Name Project, The** Colorado Springs, CO **Probe Ministries** Plano, TX **Providence Road Baptist Church** Maiden, NC **Public Advocate of the United States** Falls Church, VA **Ruth Institute** San Marcos, CA **Save California** Sacramento, CA **Stedfast Baptist Church** Fort Worth, TX **TC Family (Traverse City Family)** Traverse City, MI **Tom Brown Ministries** El Paso, TX **Traditional Values Coalition** Washington, DC\* Anaheim, CA **True Light Pentecost Church** Spartanburg, SC **United Families International** Gilbert, AZ **Verity Baptist Church** Sacramento, CA **Westboro Baptist Church** Topeka, KS **Windsor Hills Baptist Church** Oklahoma City, OK **World Congress of Families/Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society** Rockford, IL ### Anti-Muslim Anti-Muslim hate groups are a relatively new phenomenon in the United States, most of them appearing in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001\. Earlier anti-Muslim groups tended to be religious in orientation and disputed Islam’s status as a respectable religion. Anti-Muslim groups listed here exhibit extreme hostility towards Muslims and attribute to Islam’s followers an inherent set of negative traits. **III% Security Force** Henry County, GA **ACT for America** Virginia Beach, VA\* Jonesboro, AR Tucson, AZ Corona, CA Los Angeles, CA Mission Viejo, CA Colorado Cheshire, CT Connecticut Bear, DE Brevard County, FL Heathrow, FL Jacksonville, FL Palm Beach, FL Des Moines, IA Meridian, ID Twin Falls, ID Des Plaines, IL Baton Rouge, LA Boston, MA Detroit, MI Grand Rapids, MI Minneapolis, MN Ste. Genevieve, MO St. Louis, MO Lake County, MT Kalispell, MT Stillwater County, MT Whitehall, MT Fayetteville, NC Nashua, NH Brooklyn, NY Long Island, NY Cleveland, OH Cincinnati, OH Columbus, OH Rapid City, SD Knoxville, TN Memphis, TN Dallas, TX Houston, TX San Antonio, TX Leesburg, VA Pierce County, WA Spokane Valley, WA **Altra Firearms** Jackson Center, PA **American Constitution Center** Nashville, TN **American Freedom Alliance** Los Angeles, CA **American Freedom Defense Initiative** New York, NY **American Freedom Law Center** Ann Arbor, MI **American Security Rally of Montana** Helena, MT **Bare Naked Islam** Marina del Rey, CA **Bomb Islam** Phoenix, AZ **Bosch Fawstin** New York, NY **Bureau on American Islamic Relations** Irving, TX **Center for Security Policy** Washington, DC **Christian Action Network** Forest, VA **Citizens for National Security** Boca Raton, FL **Citizen Warrior** Nashville, TN **Clarion Project** Washington, DC **Committee to End the CSI Refugee Center** Buhl, ID **Counter Jihadist Coalition of Southern California** Santa Monica, CA **Crusaders, The** Garden City, KS **David Horowitz Freedom Center** Los Angeles, CA **Faith Freedom** Bellevue, WA **Family Security Matters** Washington, DC **Fortress of Faith** Bellingham, WA **Foundation for Advancing Christian Truth** Bronx, NY **Islamthreat.com** Pleasant Hill, CA **Jihad Watch** Sherman Oaks, CA **Keep South Dakota Safe PAC** Aberdeen, SC **Lincoln County Citizen Action Network** Fayetteville, TN **Pig Blood Bullets** Priest River, ID **Political Islam** Nashville, TN **Radio Jihad/Global Patriot Radio** New York **Refugee Resettlement Watch** Fairplay, MD **Religious Awareness Network** Washington, DC **Secure Michigan** New Baltimore, MI **Shoebat Foundation, The** Newtown, PA **Silver Bullet Gun Oil** Courtland, VA **Soldiers of Odin** Flagstaff, AZ California Colorado Illinois Indiana New Hampshire North Carolina Cleveland, OH Ohio Tennessee Texas **Stop the Islamization of the World** Houston, TX **Straight Way and More, The** Venice, FL **Sultan Knish a blog by Daniel Greenfield** New York, NY **Team America Political Action Committee** Littleton, CO **Treasure Valley Refugee Watch** Meridian, ID **Truth in Love Project** Chattaroy, WA **Understanding the Threat** Vienna, VA **United West, The** Lake Worth, FL **Virginia Christian Alliance** Henrico, VA ### General Hate These organizations are subdivided into anti-immigrant, hate music, Holocaust denial, and radical traditional Catholic groups. A final “other” sub-category includes groups espousing a variety of hateful doctrines. ## ANTI-IMMIGRANT (14) **American Border Patrol** Sierra Vista, AZ **American Immigration Control Foundation/Americans for Immigration Control** Monterey, VA **Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC)** Raleigh, NC **Borderkeepers of Alabama** Birmingham, AL **Californians for Population Stabilization** Santa Barbara, CA **Center for Immigration Studies** Washington, DC **Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform** Lakewood, CO **Federation for American Immigration Reform** Washington, DC **Immigration Reform Law Institute** Washington, DC **Legal Immigrants for America** Winter Springs, FL **National Coalition for Immigration Reform (formerly CCIR)** Huntington Beach, CA **New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement (NYICE)** New York, NY **ProEnglish** Arlington, VA **US Border Guard** Mesa, AZ **HATE MUSIC (16)** **American Defense Records** Lexington, KY **Behold Barbarity Records & Distro** Plymouth, MN **Hate Crime Streetwear Productions** Anaheim, CA **Hostile Class Productions** Burbank, IL **ISD Records** Denison, TX **Label 56** Nottingham, MD **Micetrap Distribution** Maple Shade Township, NJ **MSR Productions** Wheat Ridge, CO **NSM88 Records** Detroit, MI **Poker Face** Allentown, PA **Resistance Records** Chicago, IL **Soleilmoon Recordings** Portland, OR **Stahlhelm Records** Milwaukee, WI **Tightrope** Calico Rock, AR **United Riot Records** New York, NY **Wolf Tyr Productions** Holbrook, NY ## HOLOCAUST DENIAL (10) **Barnes Review/Foundation for Economic Liberty, Inc.** Upper Marlboro, MD **Campaign for Radical Truth in History** Coeur d’Alene, ID **carolynyeager.net** Kerrville, TX **Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust** San Diego, CA\* York, PA **Deir Yassin Remembered** Geneva, NY\* Ann Arbor, MI **Institute for Historical Review** Newport Beach, CA **Irving Books** Key West, FL **Realist Report, The** Poway, CA ## RADICAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC (14) **Catholic Counterpoint** Broomall, PA **_Catholic_** **_Family News_** **/Catholic Family Ministries, Inc.** Niagara Falls, NY **Christ or Chaos** West Chester, OH **_Culture Wars_** **/Fidelity Press** South Bend, IN **_Fatima Crusader, The_** **/International Fatima Rosary Crusade** Constable, NY **IHM Media** Richmond, NH **IHS Press** Norfolk, VA **In the Spirit of Chartres Committee** Carrollton, VA **Most Holy Family Monastery** Fillmore, NY **OMNI Christian Book Club** Palmdale, CA **_Remnant, The_** **/The Remnant Press** Forest Lake, MN general hate cont’d **Robert Sungenis** State Line, PA **Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary** Richmond, NH **Tradition in Action** Los Angeles, CA ## OTHER (46) **a2z Publications** Las Vegas, NV **Active Democracy** Washington, DC **Aggressive Christianity** Fence Lake, NM\* Berino, NM **American Clarion** Rapid City, SD **American Free Press** Washington, DC **As-Sabiqun** Washington, DC\* Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA Philadelphia, PA **Bill Keller Ministries** St. Petersburg, FL **Brother Nathanael Foundation, The** Frisco, CO **Chick Publications** Ontario, CA **Christian Anti-Defamation Commission** Vista, CA **Concerned Citizens and Friends of Illegal Immigration Law Enforcement** Framingham, MA **Cultural Studies Press** New York, NY **European-American Evangelistic Crusades** Sheridan, CA **Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints** Hildale, UT\* Colorado City, AZ Custer, SD Pringle, SD **Holy Nation of Odin** Kingsburg, CA **Insight USA** Longwood, FL **Invictus Books** Wentzville, MO **Jamaat al-Muslimeen** Baltimore, MD **Jewish Defense League** Los Angeles, CA **Jewish Task Force** Fresh Meadows, NY **Lordship Church** Coeur d’Alene, ID **Masjid al Islam** Oakland, CA **National Prayer Network** Clackamas, OR **Official Street Preachers** Los Angeles, CA **Ozark Craft LC** Harrison, AR **Power of Prophecy** Austin, TX **Reformation-Bible Puritan-Baptist Church/Vatican Assassins** Newmanstown, PA **Rense Radio Network** Ashland, OR **Repent Amarillo** Amarillo, TX **Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology** Shawano, WI **Sharkhunters International** Hernando, FL **Sons of Liberty Media (formerly You Can Run But You Cannot Hide)** Annandale, MN **Tony Alamo Christian Ministries** Fouke, AR\* Fort Smith, AR Canyon Country, CA Santa Clarita, CA New York, NY ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/"},"headline":"Read the List of the 917 Hate Groups Identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center","datePublished":"2017-02-15T19:06:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:20:39.037Z","description":"Anti-Muslim groups are especially ascendant","url":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/","keywords":["onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9310c2ac7bbce02d/6988ba7ea988ca4f276bb05f/kkk.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9310c2ac7bbce02d/6988ba7ea988ca4f276bb05f/kkk.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-KKK","caption":"US-POLITICS-KKK","creditText":"WILLIAM EDWARDS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/","name":"Read the List of the 917 Hate Groups Identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump Runs for President: A Look Back","description":"In one of the most shocking U.S. elections in modern political history, Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dgn8DCbB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-31T20:49:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dgn8DCbB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/","duration":"PT7M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4671800/hate-groups-on-the-rise/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```