The Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) was the home for the first public screening of the documentary: " Different Books, Common Word:Baptists and Muslims". The documentary features five different stories that show how interfaith dialog between baptists and muslims can be put into practice. Dr. Robert Parham, the Executive Director of the Ethicsdaily.com and the Co-producer of the documentary, talked about what the motivation for such a documentary was and how it all started in his opening remarks.

On January 21, The Institute of Interfaith Dialog hosted an event with Tulsa's Catholic community.  The topic for the evening was Mother Mary in Islam and Catholicism.  Monsignor Patrick Gaalaas presented the audience with the Catholic point of view.  He explained Mary's position as mother of humanity and talked about the reverence and devotion Catholics direct toward her.  Melek Oyludag presented the Islamic point of view. She talked about Mary as a woman of the highest virture and her special place in Islam.  Some of the guests were surprised to learn how important Mother Mary is to both religions and realized we have a lot more in common than we do different.

Oklahoma Muslims and moderate Baptists will be featured in a documentary aired by ABC affiliate TV stations this month and in February.

"Different Books, Common Word: Baptists and Muslims" will be broadcast in the Oklahoma City area Sunday on KOCO-5.