The interfaith panel on United Nations International Tolerance Day took place on the 16th of November, 2005 at the Ohio State University. With a diverse group of attendants to the panel, panel participants have identified various issues that needed to be addressed in order to proceed toward a society of harmony. Rabbi Idit Jacques of Hillel at OSU emphasized the fact that much of interfaith dialog focuses on finding common ground, yet true understanding depends on knowing the differences and respecting them. Her speech’s title was “Christmakah and the Hannakah Bush – Interfaith Dialog in and Integrated World”. She also talked about possible incidences of tensions between wanting to fit in and not assimilating. How can religions in a pluralistic culture maintain their identities and still keep their adherents integrated in society? Rabbi Jacques stated that Judaism has a variety of answers to this question that have become definitive of its different denominations
Then, Imam Hilmi Okur of TACA (Turkish-American Cultural Association) in Chicago approached the question of dialogue from a linguistic perspective stating that “Exclusivist language of any theology or religion is a fact. As pointed out by John Esposito, they are not necessarily violent; however, they are available tools for extremists.” Imam Oku also stated that lack of knowledge and interactive relations may result in strangeness; exclusivist language feeds bias, misjudgments, and unfair treatments. They together provoke violence in turn. He concluded by saying that “in multicultural societies we must maintain peace and mutual respect so that bias, misjudgment, and eventually violence can be proactively prevented by people of every culture.” Dr. Tarunjit Butalia, who is a member of the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio and The Ohio State University Interfaith Association as well as being a Research Scientist at the Ohio State University, talked about "Religious Diversity: Where do we go from here?” He emphasized that as people from different faiths we should not try to compromise from what we believe but rather try to understand each others’ beliefs and accept one another as they are.
And finally, Fr. Lawrence Rice of St. Thomas More Newman Catholic Center talked about "Catholic Approaches to Religious Diversity."  He stated that “While it is sometimes assumed that the Catholic Church functions as a strictly monolithic, hierarchical body, the diversity of the Church, and the principles that enable it's functioning as a world-wide body (unity, diversity, subsidiarity, multiculturality) offer principles that can encourage greater religious tolerance, dialogue, and cooperation.”