August 7, 2009

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog has started to become a "Turkish Delight" in Jackson society. With the sponsorship of Raindrop Turkish House, IID brought different members of Jackson Community together at "Friday-Social" program on August 7th, 2009. Participants enjoyed eating Turkish food prepared by local Turkish-American volunteer ladies as well as listening live Turkish folk music at the evening.

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) welcomes the three Abrahamic Traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam at the "Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions". The next dinner will be on September 3,2009 and the Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) will again welcome three distinguished speakers for the event.Bishop Michael Rinehart, Rabbi David Rosen and Dr. Erkan Kurt will talk about "Fasting in Abrahamic Traditions". 

Kristina Herrndobler shared one of unforgettable moments of her interfaith and intercultural Trip to Turkey with Houston Chronicle Readers.

Whirling Dervishes deliver an otherworldly experience

URFA, Turkey — I saw the mesmerizing Whirling Dervishes at a circumcision party for a 9 ˝-year old boy.

The celebration was just one of the unexpected delights I encountered while traveling with the Houston-based Institute of Interfaith Dialog through Turkey — but one of my favorites.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples who has an outstanding record of getting things done and is a strong advocate for Texas received both the Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) and Raindrop Turksih House executives at his office in Austin on May 19th, 2009.
 
The purpose of this courtesy visit to the Commissioner Staples was to meet him and brief him about the services of the Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) and Raindrop Turkish House for the Great State of Texas.

Dallas IID Chapter hosted a delegation of international visitors from Africa studying Religious Freedom and Interfaith Dialogue. The group visited IID Dallas to learn more about the diversity of religions in the Metroplex, the various interfaith activities occurring in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the roles that different religious and ethnic groups and the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue play in the local community. This delegation consists of fourteen English and French speaking religious leaders from Africa that have been nominated to participate in a regional project examining religious freedom and interfaith dialogue in the United States. These distinguished participants represent eleven countries on the African continent.