The [[Order of the Solar Temple]] is one infamous example of a "neo-Templar" group, founded in 1984, that claimed descent from the original Knights Templar; there are several other [[self-styled orders]] that also claim to be descended from, or revivals of, the Templar Order. Another Templar-related order, the [[Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem]], is a [[charitable organization]] founded in 1804 which has achieved [[United Nations]] [[non-governmental organization|NGO]] special status.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf | title= List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as at 31 August 2006 | publisher = [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] | date = 31 August 2006 | access-date = April 1, 2007}}</ref> They are a part of the larger ''Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani'' (OSMTH), commonly called Knights Templar Worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesjcarey.us/links_description.php#SMOTJ |title=Home page |website=Jamesjcarey.us | publisher = Rear Admiral Ret. James J. Carey |access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=April 2019}} Some members of the OSMTH claim to be the direct descendants of the original Knights Templar, citing the [[Larmenius Charter]] as proof; however, this document is suspected to be a forgery.<ref name="Hodapp">{{cite book | last1 = Hodapp | first1 = Christopher | last2 = Von Kannon | first2 = Alice | chapter = Part III: After the Fall of the Templars | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oCFPO8lvZBwC&pg=PA176 | title = The Templar code for dummies |page=176; 384 | publisher = Wiley | location = Hoboken, New Jersey | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780470127650 }}</ref>
In May 2018 [[BBC News]] reported that since 2015 far-right activist [[Jim Dowson]] has been fronting a UK-based anti-immigrant organization, 'Knights Templar International',<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Cox | first1 = Simon | last2 = Meisel | first2 = Anna | title = Is this Britain's most influential far-right activist? | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43924702 | work = [[BBC News]] | date = 1 May 2018 | access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref> with Dowson's sister-in-law Marion Thomas named as one of its directors.<ref>{{cite news | last = Andrews | first = Kieran | title = Revealed: Far-right Scot pioneered hate group's propaganda peddled by Donald Trump | url = https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/revealedfar-right-scot-pioneered-hate-groups-propaganda-peddled-by-the-president/ | work = [[The Sunday Post]] | location = Dundee, Scotland | date = 3 December 2017 | access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Knights Templar International Novus Ordo Militiae Ltd | url = https://companycheck.co.uk/company/ni631938/KNIGHTS-TEMPLAR-INTERNATIONAL-NOVUS-ORDO-MILITIAE-LIMITED/companies-house-data | website = companycheck.co.uk | publisher = Company Check | access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref> In April 2019, Knights Templar International and Jim Dowson were banned by Facebook for spreading hate.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news |title=Facebook bans UK far right groups and leaders |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47974579 |access-date=18 April 2019 |publisher=BBC |date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
