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The cult of Santa Muerte

The cult of Santa Muerte was born as a private cult but it became more public in the last years. This cult is often associated with criminality and the illegal drug trade. Among Santa Muerte's more famous devotees are the kidnapper Daniel Lopez, known as El Mochaorejas, and some of the bosses of the infamous criminal association "Gulf Cartel".

This cult is also connected with human sacrifice. In March 2012 police announced that 2 men had been arrested for murdering of two ten-year-old boys during a sacrifice to Santa Muerte.

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KwaSizabantu
KwaSizabantu was founded in 1970 by Erlo Hartwig Stegen. They describe themselves as a non-denominational Christian mission station that reaches out to people of all racial and cultural groups bringing a message of repentance and hope and providing spiritual guidance, educational support, and counseling.

According to a report by News24 journalist Azzarrah Karrim described the church not as a cult but as a mass of people that follow their leader with blind faith. The result of the investigation in KwaSizabantu found that at least six women claimed they were raped at the mission.

In addition, News24 released a documentary called Exodus: Uncovering a cult in Kwazulu-Natal. In the documentary, there are allegations of widespread physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, particularly committed against children by this mission.

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Raëlism

Realism is the largest UFO religion. This cult was founded in 1974 by the French journalist Claude Vorilhon. Raelians assert that the alien Elohim sent different prophets, who were to be guides for humanity and to prepare them for the future. They have some rather unusual reinterpretations of the Bible that are alien/science-centered. For example, the garden of Eaden was an alien scientific laboratory and Noah's ark was a spaceship that was lifted up above the earth which preserved the genetic material that was used to resurrect animals through cloning.

The Realian baptism entails an upload of your genes to a space computer, allowing for digital reincarnation and immortality.

There are some controversial facts about this religion. Their symbol is a Star of David with a swastika in the middle, a symbol that is really offensive to some people. They also believe in free love, sex, and sexuality is a big part of this doctrine.

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Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan is a domestic terrorist organization founded shortly after the United States Civil War ended. Its main purpose is to maintain white supremacy and they use Christian terrorism to try to achieve this goal. This cult is the cause of multiple murders across the country. They are persecuted by the FBI and the secret service of the U.S.

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Solar Temple

The order of the solar temple was founded in Ginevra by Luc Jouret and Joseph di Mambro. This cult based its ideal on the revival of the knights of the templar order.

Luc Journey has always been interested in alternative medicine and he started to have a little group of flowers that liked his research in this field. During one of his trips around the world, he met Joseph di Mambro. They were both interested in the occult and both participated in some cults such as the "Ancient and Mystical orders".  They decided to start working together and combine their energies to create a new organization and in 1984 they founded the order of the Solar Temple.
The two men believed they were the heirs of the medieval Knights of Templar. Their sect was very elective and the members were convinced to procreate with different women that were part of the group. In this way, the newborn can be even more special than the parents, and the cult can grow. In the 90s the faith of the followers began to crumble. They were requested to donate a lot of money to the cult and people started wondering why they needed all this money. Most of the people jumped ship from the order when they discovered that Luc had been arrested for trying to buy illegal firearms in Canada.

At this point, Luc and Joseph decided that they needed to come up with a way to restore the faith of the followers. So they started to prepare themself for the transaction to the other world, and they choose specific people to follow them. The first victim of this transaction was the Dutoit Family which was murdered on the 3rd of October 1994. These were members of the cult before they decide to leave because of all the scandals that had happened. On the 4th of October 1994 23 people were found dead in a burning chalet and the next year, 1995 16 more people died in the forest in France. Death kept happening and at this point people didn’t know who took charge of the group because Luc and Joseph died the previous year.

Right now we don’t know if this cult still exists but no more deaths were recorded.

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Aum Shinrikyo
Aum Shinrikyo is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Aum Shinrikyo. The main idea of this cult is that the world will end, so their mission was not only to spread the word of salvation but also to survive these Ends Times.

They are famous for the attack on the Tokyo subway. The attack was carried out by members of Aum Shinrikyo to distract police from carrying out a raid on the cult's headquarters. After the attack, the police investigated deeply and found out that the cult was involved in drug production and other criminal activities. The cult was declared illegal by most of the countries.

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The Church of Almighty God (also known as Eastern Lightning).

This cult originated in 1991, around the revelation of a woman, who was later recognized as the Almighty God, that is like a second Jesus Christ. Around this belief a complete system of theology grew, distinguishing three ages of the history of humanity, the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the present Age of Kingdom, which will eventually lead into the glorious Age of the Millennial Kingdom. Nowadays, the leader of this group is Zhao Weishan.

There are discordant opinions on this movement.

According to the Hong Kong newspaper “The South China Morning Post”, the group has "kidnapped," "tortured" and "brainwashed" people in order to convert them. Similarly, the Associated Press Reports that the group is accused of "using threats, violence and other illegal measures" to recruit members.

On the other hand, according to the New York Times, this cult is not dangerous. The Chinese communist party is trying to make it look bad because they don’t want the movement to gain power.

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Eckankar

This religious movement was founded by Paul Twitchell. It teaches that "spiritual liberation" is available to all and that it is possible to achieve Self-Realization (the realization of oneself as Soul) and God-Realization (the realization of oneself as a spark of God) in one's lifetime.
The criticism of Eckantar argues that the leaders have been guilty of plagiarism and lies and they use psychological manipulation. However, is not considered dangerous as other cults.