The Montgomery, Alabama-based law centre announced Thursday it had dismissed its 82-year-old founder, Morris Dees. Board members contacted by The Associated Press either declined comment or referred questions to the law centre. The law centre issued statements saying it was wrong to include the London-based Quilliam and Maajid Nawaz in a “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.”Meanwhile, the law centre or its staffers face three similar lawsuits from conservative groups. Most recently, the founder of a far-right men’s group called the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, sued the Southern Poverty Law Center last month for labeling the organization a hate group. In his acceptance speech, Dees praised the tenacity of the law centre, which now has more than 350 employees in five states.

Source: National Post March 15, 2019 17:48 UTC