(Ebru News/CHA) Turkish and Canadian academics that live in Ontario got together at a dinner organized by Canadian Turkish Friendship Community at St. Michael's College School in Toronto.
The attendants were served the dishes of the Ottoman Turk cuisine and they listened to classical Turkish music played by Turkish instruments such as Ney the reed flute, Turkish zither and tambourine.
Rose Buhagiar, Deputy Superintendent at the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in Toronto emphasized the importance of the interfaith dialog. Buhagiar, said she had come to know Muslims and Islam following the September 11 attacks, noted her life was deeply changed when she was invited to Turkiye by the Canadian Interfaith Center.
Buhagiar learned while visiting Turkiye that true Muslims could really contribute to world peace. Buhagiar said she drew this conclusion as a result of dialog she herself practiced. Buhagiar went on to say she could observe the support of the Gulen Movement to the global harmony by having a chance to chat with people from the business world as well as people in the street in her Turkish visit.
Buhagiar described the Gulen Movement as a movement where education, tolerance and spirituality are highly valued.
Meanwhile, Buhagiar, said her friends before her trip to Turkiye warned her not to go to that "dangerous country". She emphasized that the Turkish image portrayed in the motion picture " Midnight Express" was completely unsubstantiated as she visited a women's jail and observed good conditions.
Ebru TV
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