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

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog of Lubbock representatives visited Abilene Christian University (ACU). Some of the ACU academics are going to go to Turkey that they hosted representatives at the campus. Mr. Hafizoglu who is the representative of the IID did presentation about Turkey, Turkish culture, people`s life style and another fact of the Turkey like Turkey is at the intersection of Europe and Asia and has 200 million residents.  Istanbul is located on two continents.  The Grand Bazaar is the largest mall in the world   Early Christians hid from the Romans 2000 years ago in the caves of Anatolia. Prophet Abraham was born in Turkey. .  

In April 22, 2009, Lubbock Rotary Club invited to meeting Lubbock IID members, Mr. Atilla Hafizoglu who is a representative of the Interfaith Dialog is a native of Turkey gave some facts about Turkey, information about the Interfaith Dialog and why dialog is important for the world. He spoke about   Mr. Gulen who is the Islamic scholar from Turkey. There is some information about meeting;

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog is based on the common points of Muslims, Christians and Jews and it promotes dialog between these faiths based on Peace, Love, and Tolerance. 

Morning conversations of fall semester was started on September 27th. "Necessity of Dialog" was discussed. Zeynep Kose, a phd student at Texas Tech University gave a talk about necessity of dialog. Why should people be in diolag? What is diolag? Participants who were from different nations and cultures were asked to share their ideas. Dr. Helen Morrow Director of Social Work Department at Texas Tech University gave very good example of dialog from the sight of music:
"When trompet and violin play at the same time, they just make a noise. But if they play in coordinated sequence, sounding and fading at the right moments letting each other to speak, they comprise harmony.

The monthly Morning Conversation meeting held on April, 25th was devoted to very broad but always actual topic of TOLERANCE. Virginia Downs, a senior editor in Outreach & Distance Education at Texas Tech University, made a short talk about people who may seem different from us and often it becomes a reason to dislike them and consider them outsiders until we notice about them something that makes us understand how similar we are. It pushes us to think that every person is unique and sometimes we just need time to know the person closely. (April 25 2009,lubbock TX)

Volunteers of Institute of Interfaith Dialog visited Chief of Police of Lubbock, Dale Holton , and he was informed about the organization, IID's mission and activities. During the conversation, the main topic was Turkish Society and Turkish Culture, especially; Turkish coffee and Turkish Food. He also was invited to the upcoming events(March 17, 2009,  Lubbock)