Fareed Zakaria returns ADL award as protest over Ground Zero mosque
Newsweek columnist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria this week returned a 2005 award from the ADL (which included 10 thousand dollars) because of the ADL's recent statements against building a mosque near Ground Zero. He explains why here. Zakaria's opinion piece on the mosque controversy itself is here. The ADL says they'll hold on to his award, and the check. From the response by the ADL's National Director: "I am not only saddened but stunned and somewhat speechless."
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