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imam musri. i guess. i don t know his name. he doesn t know the name of the florida imam that he spent the last two days with. and the florida imam has a different story. when he was pressed on it, he said i didn t speak to the imam in new york, i spoke to imam musri and he gave me his word that that it was a deal? that i will work on it, not that he knows and i know and the whole world knows that it s not in my hands. that project is not my project. i have no control over it. so you believe that he knows that there s no deal even though he s saying it? yes, i do. so, we ll be talking to our political panel about this, paul begala, david gergen and jeffrey toobin and why suddenly pastor jones believes he has a role to play here in new york. imam musri joins us from ....
Standing next to the pastor was another imam, a florida imam musri, who is president of the islamic society of central florida. here is what he said. i have made this morning contact with the office of imam feisal abdul rauf and got a commitment to fly up to new york and meet with him in the company of pastor jones to discuss and come to a decision on relocating the mosque in new york. there, he seems to be saying there s no actual deal, just discussion. a short time later the people behind the islamic center near ground zero said just that, there was no deal. then imam feisal rauf issued this statement. i m glad pastor jones has decided not to burn any korans. however, i have not spoken to pastor jones or imam musri. ....
I m surprised by their announcement. we are not going to toy with our religion or any other. nor are we going to bartter. we are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony. that was at 6:00 pm. by 6:30, pastor jones was back in front of the cameras. i was told exactly that the imam would move the mosque from ground zero. i was told he cannot move it tomorrow. i said that is fine. but it cannot be in ten years. these are exact words that i said. the man said that is fine. i said, now he has agreed to move the mosque away from the ground zero area? yes, he has. that is what i was told. who exactly told you that? the name of the person who told you that? the imam who was here with me in the press conference. imam musri? i guess. i don t know his name. he doesn t know the name of the florida imam that he spent time with over the past two days. and, apparently, the florida imam has a different account of what was said. ....
Place in new york. and it s, kiran, probably not only unlikely, but probably very uncertain as to whether that will ever happen. kiran. another big question is whether or not a lot of damage has already been done. we ve been talking about those protests taking place a little divergence of opinion as to whether there are hundreds or thousands of people out but it s happening in afghanistan today. john zarrella, we ll check in throughout the morning. thanks. so let s try to get some clarity on this. 25 minutes after the hour. imam muhammad musri is the director of the islamic so sight of central florida and joins us live from florida. imam musri, thanks very much for being with us. we really appreciate it. so what is the state of things? what s happening? who are we to believe here? i believe that it was very clear. i gave interviews to the media prior to walking into mr. jones ....
I can talk to the imam abdul rauf in new york, set up a meeting and bring you along to discuss and to take, you know, a shot at moving the mosque. i do not control it. i was very clear to him i have no control over it. okay. jones insists, though, that there was some sort of a deal in order for him to give up this idea of burning the koran that the mosque would be moved. and here s what he said about what you said after that saying, no, no, no, no deal to move the mosque, only to have a meeting. i understand that he is now going around saying that he did not say that. that is absolutely not true. that is absolutely i have several witnesses that were there in the room. we made it very clear. he repeated it back that the imam there in new york said that they would move the mosque. so, imam musri, who s telling the truth here? of course i am. ....