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But you may not know that Nawaz also sued Thomson Reuters World Check, which describes itself as highly structured database of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and organizations. That organization desginated Nawaz as a despite the fact that, as head of the think tank Quilliam, he spends much of his time fighting terrorism and trying to create a more moderate version of Islam.
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Nawaz sued for defamation. And he won.
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I not a libel canada goose outlet in toronto law expert, but given that Nawaz is a figure, he have to prove the SPLC published the statements about him with malice, meaning with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard as to whether they were true or false. That gonna be tough, given that the statements in questions are more in the nature of an opinion than a concise statement of fact. His best shot might be the SPLC refusal to retract its statements after he complained and after the petition (signed by many of us here) demanding that Nawaz and Hirsi Ali be removed from the anti Muslim list.
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What is totally bewildering to me is that after all this time, after their cover was blown with major coverage in the media, that the SPLC hasn tried to get in front of this scandal and just taken Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali off of their witch hunt list. Maybe not bewildering by deeply troubling: maybe they canada goose outlet england and their fanatical and hysterical followers are expecting to prevail in the lawsuit (the US isn the UK when it comes to proving libel). The way canada goose outlet reviews this canada goose outlet in chicago might be lining up should have us up at night. If Nawaz fails against the SPLC, we are all in big trouble. Get ready for Blasphemy Law.
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However, I am uncertain if he will be successful. It will be difficult for him if he going through the US courts.
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