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The Ku Klux Klan is the collective name of several past and present hate groups in the United States that primarily advocate racism, white supremacy, anti-semitism and anti-catholicism.

[Ku Klux Klan] designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used the name. The first Ku Klux Klan was an organization that thrived in the South during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. The second was a nationwide organization that flourished after World War I. Subsequent groups calling themselves the Ku Klux Klan sprang up in much of the South after World War II and in response to civil-rights activity during the 1960s.
- Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Many KKK followers adhere to Christian Identity theology -- a system of doctrines considered by Christians to be outside of orthodox Christianity.

Growing Again

After a static period, the Ku Klux Klan is growing rapidly, fueled by job losses, urban crime, gay marriage and illegal immigration from Mexico, a civil rights organization and a Klan leader say.
The trend is described as “surprising and troubling” by Deborah M. Lauter, the Anti-Defamation League’s civil rights director.
“The KKK believes the U.S. is drowning in a tide of nonwhite immigration, controlled and orchestrated by Jews, and is vigorously trying to bring this message to Americans concerned or fearful about immigration,” Lauter said.
The debate over immigration in America is “credited with re-energizing the Klan” in Michigan and 18 other states in the South, Midwest, Great Plains and Mid-Atlantic, she said. Phil Lawson, the imperial wizard of the United Northern and Southern Knights, the largest KKK group in Michigan, said membership has grown at an “astounding pace.” He said Klan membership has doubled in the past few years.
- Source: KKK on the rise? The Oakland Press, USA, Mar. 25, 2007

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