Actually, I'm half wondering if Pastor Jones didn't "taquiah" the Imam...meet with him in private, exchange some niceties, then hold a press conference and announce the "deal". When the Imam claims there was no such deal, Jones gets to call the Imam the liar and it's one's word against the other's.
If that's what transpired, my hat is truly off to Jones for playing the media and the Imam like cheap fiddles.