A Florida Muslim leader is disputing claims by the Rev. Terry Jones that he brokered a deal to get the Islamic center project near New York’s ground zero moved if the pastor called off his Quran burning event.

Imam Muhammad Musri said Jones may have hatched the story about the Islamic center moving to “give himself a reason to call this off.  Musri said he did not tell Jones that the Islamic center project would be moved away from ground zero.  ‘He’s accusing me of lying to him, which I did not. I was very explicit with him.” said Musri, who is with the Islamic Society of Central Florida.

The disagreement between the two religious figures is the latest twist in the saga about the proposed Quran burning event.

President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday urged Jones to call off the Saturday event, timed for the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Obama called the plan by Jones to burn the Qurans on Saturday a “recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda.”

Jones said he would call off the event but then seemed to be changing his mind later Thursday. During the afternoon, Jones said he canceled his plan to burn copies of the Quran, based on what he said were assurances that the Islamic center in New York would be moved.  Stay tuned…