SALT LAKE CITY?A white supremacist group is looking for allies in Utah, saying the state’s Mormons have historically been sympathetic to their cause.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacted strongly to the statement, saying the Mormon church abhors racism.

The World Church of the Creator campaign, launched Monday, involves door-to-door distribution of a 32-page newspaper to homes.

The group bills itself as nonviolent but notes it was dubbed “the most dangerous hate group in America” by the Anti-Defamation League because of its call for a racial holy war.