Editing New religious movement (section)

===Violence===

Violent incidents involving NRMs are very rare. In events having a large number of casualties, the new religion was led by a charismatic leader.{{sfn|Barrett|2001|p=83}}  Beginning in 1978, the deaths of 913 members of the [[Peoples Temple]] in [[Jonestown]], Guyana, by both murder and suicide brought an image of "killer cults" to public attention. Several subsequent events contributed to the concept.  In 1994, members of the [[Order of the Solar Temple]] committed suicide in Canada and Switzerland. In 1997, 39 members of the [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]] group committed suicide in the belief that their spirits would leave the Earth and join a passing comet.{{sfn|Barrett|2001|p=82}} There have also been cases in which members of NRMs have been killed after they engaged in dangerous actions due to mistaken belief in their own invincibility.  For example, in Uganda, several hundred members of the [[Holy Spirit Movement]] were killed as they approached gunfire because its leader, [[Alice Lakwena]], told them that they would be protected from bullets by the oil of the [[shea tree]].{{sfn|Barker|1989|p=55}} The history of the Latter Day Saint movement includes multiple cases of significant [[Mormonism and violence|violence committed by or against Mormons]].