[Cronos]

I think you're being way too technical about prayer, and dismissive of the obvious symbolism. It isn't necessary for him to have prostrated himself. Indeed, in some Islamic prayers, such as the Dhuhr, standing is obligatory. In any event, the Pope in fact faced Mecca and assumed a similar posture to the imam, who was in fact praying to Allah.

The Islamic shahnamah involves prostrating. The man standing next to the Pope seems to be at the process of starting his prostration. First they touch their cheeks, then their chest, then their b***s while kneeling and then they prostrate, then they get up and start the whole thing over again. Go to a mosque and you'll see....

[americanophile]

...but he didn’t prostrate himself, and he was praying. I think the Imam might know better than even you?