Joshua Caleb Sutter

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Joshua Caleb Sutter (born 1981), also known as Wulfran Hall, is an American neo-Nazi, Satanist, book publisher, and FBI informant. The son of a white supremacist activist, Sutter became a Christian Identity adherent and was a Pennsylvania-area leader of Aryan Nations in the early 2000s. He attracted attention from law enforcement for repeatedly praising jihadist suicide bombers, suggesting that white supremacists emulate their tactics, and advocating for alliances between white supremacists and jihadists. He was appointed the "Minister for Islamic Liaison" of the Aryan Nations, before joining a spinoff group, the Church of the Sons of Yaweh. Following a 2003 arrest on gun charges, Sutter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison. While imprisoned he became an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was released early. Though Sutter was widely suspected of being an informant by other members of the far-right for decades, this was not publicly confirmed until 2021. The FBI paid Sutter over US$140,000 for his services from 2003 to 2021, and used his house as part of a scheme to target Americans who were pro-North Korea. He also operated a Hindu sect for some time. Following his exit from the Aryan Nations, Sutter founded the Tempel ov Blood (ToB), a group affiliated with the Order of Nine Angles (ONA) that mixes Satanism with Hinduism, neo-Nazism, and radical Islam. Through the ToB's publisher Martinet Press, Sutter authored and published several influential neo-Nazi books: Liber 333, Iron Gates, and Bluebird. The ToB, and Sutter, infiltrated and ideologically influenced the later development of the neo-Nazi group the Atomwaffen Division, causing controversy among its members and leading to many leaving. Sutter's informant work was also instrumental in the prosecutions against that group. He has been a major force in spreading the ONA's ideology and influenced the...