Emre Celik Signature Ramadan Iftar 2017

Emre Celik, President of Rumi Forum. Celik discussed the importance of organizations like Rumi Forum and their role in bringing people together despite difficult political realities that often keep people of different backgrounds from meeting each other. In addition, he spoke about our collective inability to be complacent and the importance of constantly engaging with “the other” in order to improve interfaith and intercultural relations across society. He quoted a saying from Prophet Muhammed that, “when a guest arrives he brings ten blessings but leaves with only one”, meaning that by hosting and doing well for others, we become more blessed ourselves.

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