One woman in the audience, Judy, said she had left the Liberals for the ALA. “I’m being told I’m a racist and a bigot,” she said. “Who said he’s the most popular?” Anderson said, when a journalist raised the award. Angry Anderson on Waleed AlyDid that include banning Hazaras? A critic of Muslim immigration, Anderson was taken to Afghanistan to meet persecuted Hazaras, to see if their plight softened his views. Anderson said he supported the ALA’s Trump-style ban on immigration from Islamic countries, excluding non-Muslim refugees.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2016 02:22 UTC