After the American Civil War of 1861-1865, former Confederates and members of the Democratic Party organized the Protestant-led[REF] Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and began engaging in arson, beatings, destruction of property, lynching, murder, rape, tar-and-feathering, whipping and intimidation via such means as cross burning.
Ilaga is a Catholic Extremist group who are anti-Islam based in southern Philippines.