sentences:  In October 2016, the U.S. Southern Poverty Law Center accused Nawaz of being an "anti-Muslim extremist", a label disputed by various media outlets, and Nawaz himself.The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice wrote a public letter to the SPLC urging it to retract the listing.Nawaz announced his intention to file a defamation lawsuit against the SPLC on the 23 June 2017 episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher".