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Oklahoma City
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The Institute of Interfaith Dialog was proud to present
its (7th ?)
Annual sponsored a Dialog and Friendship dinner at the Oklahoma City University
on November 24th, 2009. The event was co-sponsored with the Oklahoma
City University. The theme of this year's program was celebrating democracy as
a key to living together. The event was very timely as the spirit of friendship
and dialog reaches at its peak during the time of Thanksgiving. The crowd was
very eclectic and diverse. There were sixty elected officials from local,
state, and federal levels and people from liberal activists, conservatives, to
faith leaders. Also in attendance were Attorney General Drew Edmondson, State
Treasurer Scott Meacham, former mayor Ron Norick, multiple Senators and
Representatives, three University presidents, and many academic, faith,
business, andcommunity leaders.
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Houston
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 The Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) was honored to have its 7th Annual Dialog & Friendship Dinner on November 24th, 2009. At this unique event, the leading institutions in Houston including Houston Police Department, Rice University, University of Houston, University of St. Thomas, FBI, South Asian Chamber of Commerce, Texas Turkish American Chamber of Commerce, US Customs and Border Protection and 68 other institutions and congregations became one voice to strengthen friendship in our community. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, State Representatives Alma Allen and Dora Olivo, Consul Generals of UK, Turkey, Switzerland and Norway were also present along with 380 distinguished guests to show their support to dialog and friendship in the community. The event was co-sponsored by the Gulen Institute and Raindrop Turkish House.
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Stillwater
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 They brought diverse backgrounds and beliefs.
They came for a single purpose.
People of various nationalities and religions gathered at dinner tables
Wednesday for the seventh annual Interfaith Dialog and Friendship
Dinner at Oklahoma State University.
"It's important to bring people from different faiths and backgrounds
together at the same table to focus on common grounds and not
differences," OSU finance professor and Institute of Interfaith Dialog
volunteer Bilal Ertuk said. "If we can bring people together at the
same round table, I don't think there's a problem we couldn't solve."
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Lubbock
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The Interfaith Dialogue Group, which consists of very
diverse participants in many different fields from Science to Philosophy
and Theology, had a nice and peaceful conversation night at Raindrop Turkish
House. Non-Violence peace callings of Prophet Jesus were remembered and the
concept of
"Redemptive Violence" was criticized on the basis
of teachings of Christianity, Islam, and Human Nature. The participants
all agreed that there can not be any way in any religion or ethical teachings
to be violent. They also reflect the same message, " We should look what
we have common rather than what we differ." People understand each other`s
religions and cultures by this way. Every Sunday we have conversations about
different topics in the Christianity, Islam and another religions too....By the
way some Turkish desserts which are made
by the Turkish lady were served to the guests
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Mississippi
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 Mississippi chapter of The Institute of Interfaith Dialog , with sponsorships of Raindrop Turkish House , The Gulen Institute and Intercultural Dialog Student Association in Mississippi Collage has organized its 6th Annual Dialog and Friendship Dinner on October 22nd, 2009 at Hilton Jackson Hotel in Jackson, MS. Theme of the event was “Dialog between East & West”. Around 300 distinguished guests including elected officials, Senators, State Representatives, Mayors, Security Officers such as State Judges, FBI agents, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, City Prosecutors, University Presidents, Community and religious leaders and students were present at the the dinner and shared their tables with one another.
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