rethink possible. >> we're back with imam feisal abdul rauf.on to what is happening in the united states over the death of osama bin laden? >> the overwhelming feeling is relief. the feeling is that the emotion is understandable. america needed a healing, and a closure after the impact, the traumatic impact of 9/11. and that we need to have a more important discourse on how to heal the relationship between america and the muslim world, both domestically and internationally. and there's a great hope that the discourse will now move towards a discourse of healing, which is very much needed between america and the muslim world. >> you have been a voice of moderation. you say you want a coming together. where are you finding support within the islamic world? where are the nodes of support where you can see here are the people, the organizes, the countries that have been most outspoken? >> well, well, i've spoken to the heads of goths in southeast asia, indonesia, malaysia. i've been contact with leaders in turkey, saudi arabia recently.

so feisal abdul rauf. >> the oldest religion first. well, i first went to jerusalem in 1978. my father, late father was a close friend of jim morgan, was invited by the institute to do a seminar which they had been conducting their every year. at a delicate time because the 1977 peace talks had just happened. my father, being an egyptian citizen. i used to -- he would often invite me to substitute for him, and i was young, 30 years old, 51 years old, anxious to, you know, take risks. i went to jerusalem for the first time. it felt like a pilgrimage. we believed and still believe that the invitation can be anything to my but the real divine intend behind anything that is happening, you don't know until we actually go there. in my soul i felt that it was constant. it was an important trip, a powerful chip. i had just come with my father took coverage in 1973. an important part of my spiritual journey. we went to bethlehem, the various religious sites. the church of the holy sepulchre. to walk the streets for you know jesus walked, that was something which does something to ones