College students attended a very special Ramadan iftar dinner at Turquoise Center. Organized by Interfaith Dialog Student Association (IDSA) at UH and Rice Interfaith Dialog Association (RIDA), the event took place on the occasion of the month of Ramadan and acknowledging the daily fasting of students at University campuses.Christian, Jewish and Hindu students joined Muslim students for the fast-breaking dinner which started at 7:40pm. Mr. Tucker Celep, a engineering grad student at UH, welcomed the guests on behalf of the organizing student clubs. 

It has been a busy month for Raindrop Turkish Hous, The Institute for Interfaith Dialog ,The Gulen Institute. According to Muslim tradition, the holy month of Ramadan is marked by fasting from dawn to sunset, ending each day with a meal called Iftar. Iftar dinners provide a fertile platform for interfaith outreach. Using this opportunity, Raindrop Turkish House has intensified its Ramadan dinners to come together with various faith communities of Oklahoma at one table to build dialog and friendship. On September 8, Oklahoma's one of the major synagogue B'nai Temple of Israel hosted an iftar dinner for Muslim community of Oklahoma metro area by the initiatives of the Raindrop Turkish House.

Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions 2 - Fasting in Abrahamic Traditions

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) has organized the second Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions which was held on Thursday evening, September 3, 2009, at the Turquoise Center. More than 80 people attended the event, most of whom from clergy and/or academics. The dinner started after a call to prayer by Imam Mustafa Yigit from the Bluemosque and invocations by Rev. Dr. Robert Moore from Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church.