>> sharif el-gamal? why won't you talk to us, sir? why are you running? >> narrator: with imam feisal off the scene, fox news hunted down el-gamal. >> the pressure that i started getting was incredible. i came so close to my breaking point as a man. >> narrator: across america, the ground zero mosque had not played well in muslim communities. >> the park 51 project was really a major pr disaster. >> narrator: imam muhammad musri is the leader of ten mosques in central florida. >> to me, as a muslim leader, hurting the feelings of so many people, disrespecting, walking all over their opinions and feelings, to try to build whatever that building is, no matter how holy it is, is not islam. >> narrator: musri would get drawn into a strange sideshow. the pastor of a small church in florida declared he would burn the koran unless the ground zero mosque was moved. >> the ground zero mosque we felt was a good bargaining tool. there is very much of a concern that it's not only a mosque but some type of a victory statement, a victory mosque. >> narrator: musri went