(OKLAHOMA CITY,

OK, 3/25/08) - On Saturday, April

5th, the Institute

of Interfaith Dialog will

host a day-long conference, "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The

Case of Islam." Participants at the event will have an opportunity to hear

Islamic scholars, academics, law enforcement officials, and journalists discuss

the "Islamic perspectives on terror, especially terror that is associated

with Islam."

WHAT: Institute of Interfaith Dialog's "Denouncing

Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam"

WHEN: Saturday April 5, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE:  Oklahoma City University,

The Henry Freede Center (Southwest corner of 27th and Florida)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Cherif Bassiouni - Professor of Law at DePaul University

College of Law and

President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: Robert Pape - University of Chicago;

Muhammad Abu Laylah - Al-Azhar University, Egypt; Fred Von Der Mehden - Baker

Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Greg Barton - Monash University,

Australia; Dr. Robin Myers - Oklahoma City University; Ekrem Dumanli - Editor

of Zaman newspaper, Turkey; John Coyle - Special Agent of FBI, Oklahoma; Andrew

Tevington - Daily Oklahoman; and Dr. Imad Enchassi – Imam of Islamic Society of

Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC)

CONTACT: Orhan Kucukosman, Phone: (405) 426 5425, E-Mail:

osmanokc@gmail.com

The conference is free of charge and open to the public.

Lunch will be provided.

Orhan Kucukosman, from the Institute

of Interfaith Dialog, stated the

reason for holding the conference in Oklahoma:

"In the early days of Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, there were

speculations on individuals associated with a religion who might be responsible

for the bombing.

As the truth was revealed, the bombing had no connection

with any religion, but was a consequence of mentally challenged

personality."

Sponsors include Wimberly

School of Religion at Oklahoma City University,

OU Religious Studies, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Texas,

Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and Mainstream Baptists, and the Oklahoma chapter of the

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK).

For more information goto:

http://www.interfaithdialog.org/