Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, standing center, speaks briefly to worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Rauf, the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York, is on a U.S.-funded outreach tour to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to talk about religious tolerance in America. Standing at right is the mosque's regular imam, Sheikh Salah al-Jowder. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)