This is the last installment of the Charter for Compassion talks with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (the Imam at the center of the controversy over the Islamic Cultural Center near Ground Zero). He gives a brief overview of the Muslim faith in the context of compassion. 

I won’t get into the particulars of that controversy; I’ll only say that I’m fairly certain that many people have spoken from emotions rather than reason, that they haven’t thought through the issues carefully and they haven’t listened to this Imam speak.

So, here he is. He speaks of Rumi to find metaphors for the spiritual path. He speaks of transcending ego and the esoteric aspects of his faith.