in an opinion piece on cnn.com, the ceo and national director of the adl apologized for the group's opposition to the park 51 islamic community center and mosque. for those who don't recall, this was a proposed institution modelled on the jewish community center in manhattan with the goal of interfaith dialogue and in interreligious community. it was originally named to recall the tolerance in spain. and it was long preached islam is compatible. they used the location a few blocks from the world trade centers to brand it the ground zero mosque and fan the flames of fear and bigotry. there were genuine statesmen like michael bloomberg who delivered a memorable address can on religious freedom in