Any religion can engender hatred when it is espoused by fanatical people, Frank. That's not the same as to say that a religion is necessarily about hatred. You could say the same thing regarding patriotism or partisan loyalties in politics.

As for cults, every religion is seen as a cult by intolerant people of various differing religious viewpoints.

The term "cult" is used by people to point the finger at a religion or group they don't like for some reason or are afraid of. Their fear of a given cult, of course, may be quite legitimate in some cases....and I don't deny that. There are plenty of religious groups out there that I would be inclined to avoid, and some that are extremely dangerous in one respect or another.