
--------------topL-----------------top l: Sam Harris9-28-2006 Santa Monica, CA Writer Sam Harris, author of the book "The End of Faith:Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason." He writes about the link between religious faith and violence. His new book is called "Letter to a Christian Nation." Photographed at St Monica's Catholic Church , in Santa Monica , CA. photo by Jonathan Alcorn for The Washington Post Freelance Photo imported to Merlin on Fri Sep 29 01:03:02 2006--------------topC-----------------Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during a news conference outlining his party's election manifesto pledge on law and order, in London, Tuesday March 10, 2005. Also on Thursday Blair urged political opponents to drop their opposition to a new anti-terrorism law, insisting the legislation was vital to protect national security. (AP Photo/Kieran Doherty, Pool)--------------topR-----------------top right: Joel OlsteenLakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen smiles during an interview in the arena that was home to the Houston Rockets basketball team Sept. 20, 2004, in Houston. The fast-growing megachurch that Osteen pastors is spending $78 million to turn the arena into its new spiritual home, with 16,000 seats, two waterfalls and plenty of television cameras for Lakewood Church's nationally broadcast services. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)--------------botR-----------------bottom right tutuFormer Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu smiles as he arrives for a special debate on Darfur at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)--------------botL-----------------bottom left imam feisalImam Feisal Abdul Rauf, 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)--------------botC-----------------bottom center The Dalai Lama greets the audience attending a Buddhist lecture, Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Dalai Lama's visit is a two-day lecture series called "Engaging Wisdom and Compassion" and hosted by the Tibetan studies organization Jewel Heart. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)