“Pastor Steven Anderson uses his pulpit as his hate platform and justifies his extremist views in the name of religion. Banned from half a dozen countries across the globe, the US-born hate preacher has lauded the 2016 Orlando massacre, publicly prayed for the death of former US President Barack Obama and denied the Holocaust. Such preachers of hate justify their actions by saying they are fighting the enemies of God, said Josh Lipowsky, a research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project. 'Calling Anderson a hate preacher is an appropriate term as he promotes an extreme version of religion,' Lipowsky told Arab News. 'While he doesn’t specifically encourage violence, he praises it and justifies his ideology by using his religious beliefs to disprove others. In Anderson’s YouTube videos, you can see a physical pulpit, but social media also allows him a digital pulpit that allows him to reach much further.'"