The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 2, 2010 ADL Opposes Plan for Mosque Near Ground Zero -------------------------------------------- Here in New York, the controversy over plans to build a mosque and Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero is intensifying after the Anti-Defamation League came out against the project. In a statement, Abe Foxman, the head of the ADL, said, "Building an Islamic Center in the shadow of the World Trade Center will cause some victims more pain." .