As it turns out, the first step to world peace is sharing some couscous pilaf and cracking a joke or two about soccer teams.
That’s the main thrust behind Dialogue International, the organization that sponsored an interfaith dinner and discussion last night at Hillel, the Jewish center on the UW campus. A group of Turkish Muslim graduate students started Dialogue International shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11 with a goal of fostering cultural understanding and debunking religious stereotypes with social events.