Iftar...yeah, i been to one of those.

The Dallas Chapter of the Institute for Interfaith Dialog hosted its fourth annual Iftar. An iftar is the Muslim evening meal that breaks the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Members of our church, along with many others in the area were invited to attend. It was held in one of the ballrooms of a quite nice hotel in North Dallas (Addison, really).
IID's goal is to provide mechanisms for people from various religions to convene and find common ground to share existences on the planet.
Much of the talks given by the prestigeous speakers focused on this idea of being able to eat together, meet together, talk together and perhaps cry together. From that commonality will come understanding and tolerance for all of the children of God.
An interesting quote I heard this evening was "tolerance does not mean being influenced by others or joining them necessarily."
I am intrigued by this event and this group. I mean, what a concept. Getting along with others...