In 1992, political scientist Samuel Huntington put forth the theory of the Clash of Civilizations. He suggested that since the cold war clash of ideologies had come to an end, that in the future, conflict would instead be focused around the concept of differing cultures and religions. He delineated several different areas of the world as particular 'cultures' that might face conflict with each other.  Among those he listed as potential enemies were the West and the Muslim World. Given the current state of world affairs, as well as our goals as an interfaith dialogue organization, this theory needs closer examination.

(March 4,2010,Tulsa,OK) 

The Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) held the 3rd Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions on February 25, 2010 with the participation of 210 people including but not limited to community leaders, academicians and other distinguished guests. The dinner was followed by a splendid panel discussion entitled “Women in Abrahamic Traditions”. The three panelists were Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams of the Maqom School for Talmud Study, Bishop Janice R. Hui of Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC), and Ayse K. Coskun of Yale School of Medicine and Hartford Seminary Islamic Studies and Christian Muslim Relations.

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.