Cult

===Racist cults===
{{further information|Racism}}
[[File:Ku Klux Klan members and a burning cross, Denver, Colorado, 1921.jpg|thumb|[[Cross burning]] by [[Ku Klux Klan]] members in 1921]]

Sociologist and historian [[Orlando Patterson]] has described the [[Ku Klux Klan]], which arose in the [[Southern United States|American South]] after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], as a heretical Christian cult, and he has also described its persecution of [[African Americans]] and others as a form of [[human sacrifice]].<ref>[[Orlando Patterson|Patterson, Orlando]]. 1998. ''Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries.'' New York: [[Basic Civitas Books]].</ref> During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the existence of secret [[Aryan race|Aryan]] cults in Germany and Austria strongly influenced the [[Völkisch movement]] and the rise of [[Nazism]].<ref>[[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke|Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas]]. 1993. ''[[The Occult Roots of Nazism]]''. New York: [[New York University Press|NYU Press]].</ref> Modern-day [[white power skinhead]] groups in the United States tend to use the same recruitment techniques as groups which are characterized as destructive cults.<ref>Perry, Barbara. 2012. ''Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader''. [[Routledge]]. pp. 330–331.</ref>

Vibert L. White, Jr., a former member of the [[Nation of Islam]] and a former leading advisor to it, characterized the organization as a cult, accusing its leader [[Louis Farrakhan]], along with other organizational leaders, of using [[black nationalism]] and religious dogma to exploit [[black people]] for personal and political gain.<ref>White, V. L. (n.d.). Inside the nation of Islam : A historical and personal testimony by a Black Muslim. University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. Retrieved August 21, 2022, from http://link.umsl.edu/portal/Inside-the-Nation-of-Islam--a-historical-and/_dVsNFm_eaM/{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Nation of Islam preaches black supremacy, that its founder [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]] was a Messiah and his successor [[Elijah Muhammad]] was a divine messenger, and that white people were a race of devils to be overthrown apocalyptically.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nation-of-Islam | title=Nation of Islam &#124; History, Founder, Beliefs, & Facts &#124; Britannica }}</ref><ref>Southern Poverty Law Center. (2022). Nation of Islam. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved August 21, 2022, from https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam</ref>
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