Mideast Bahrain NYC Mosque
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, right, smiles as he leaves the offices of the Bahraini newspaper Al-Wasat in Budaiya, Bahrain, on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, where he met with local journalists. 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. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Copyright 2010 AP News
