{"id":13318,"date":"2011-08-08T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=13318"},"modified":"2011-08-08T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T07:23:23","slug":"hindu-statesman-rajan-zed-breaks-fast-in-iftar-in-usa-13318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/hindu-statesman-rajan-zed-breaks-fast-in-iftar-in-usa-13318\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu statesman Rajan Zed breaks fast in turkish Iftar in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13320\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13320\" title=\"Iftar-dinner-usa-nationalturk-1456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Iftar-dinner-usa-nationalturk-14561-483x360.jpg\" alt=\"Hindus join Turks at Iftar dinner\" width=\"483\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Iftar-dinner-usa-nationalturk-14561-483x360.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Iftar-dinner-usa-nationalturk-14561-280x208.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Iftar-dinner-usa-nationalturk-14561.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hindus join Turks at Iftar dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Hindu statesman Rajan Zed participated and broke fast with turkish community in the Iftar dinner organized by Sierra Foundation in Reno (Nevada, USA) on 6th August .<\/h1>\n<p>Authentic Turkish food such as pastirma, dates, kashar cheese was served in this Iftar dinner held at Reno Anatolia Arts &amp; Culture Center, which was attended by about 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>Rajan Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stresses that all religions should work together for a just and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>Hindus and Turks break fast together in USA<\/h2>\n<p>Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims break their fast after sunset during Ramadan, the blessed ninth month of the Islamic year, and is often organized as a community dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarmony within Diversity\u201d is the tagline of Sierra Foundation whose mission is &#8220;to promote understanding, friendship, tolerance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Islam and Hinduism are the second and third largest religions of the world respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Details of the picture above: <\/em><\/strong><em>At the Iftar dinner, from left to right are\u2014Mehmet Kameroglu, Shirin D. Ivanova, Rajan Zed, Engin Arslan, and Suat Mercan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Picture by: <\/em><\/strong><em>Debbie McCarthy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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