Hate in the USA: Racist, anti-Muslim and homophobic groups on the rise in America

2016 saw a rise in the number of hate groups across the US, with anti-Muslim groups nearly trebling in size. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are 917 hate groups in the country. That figure includes 130 factions of the Ku Klux Klan, 99 neo-Nazi groups and 193 black separatist organisations.