QIS was also actively involved in the organisation of the annual Ramadan Dinners at the Queensland Parliament House in 2009. It has also organised the Women of Faith meetings, church visits, Noah's pudding celebrations for the past three years as well as other educational programs and events.

The Intercultural Study Tour to Turkey is a part of QIS’s international Dialogue Project that has been continuing for the past three years. In 2009, QIS with Australian Catholic University and other organizations, attended the Interfaith Pilgrimage to holy cities of Istanbul, Roma and the Vatican

In 2010, QIS would like to invite those who are interested in the project to join our 2nd Annual Intercultural Study Tour Abroad.

Travel to Timeless Cities – Cappadocia, Harran: 5 – 20 October 2010

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and fifth largest city proper in the world with a population of 20 million. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two continents.

Istanbul has served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.[6] 

Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey, largely in Nevşehir Province. The name was traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. The term, as used in tourism, roughly corresponds to present-day Nevşehir Province.

Harran, is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey. A very ancient city which was a major Mesopotamian commercial, cultural, and religious center, Harran is a valuable archaeological site. It is often identified as Haran, the place in which Abraham lived before he reached Canaan.

The city was the chief home of the Mesopotamian moon god Sin, under the Babylonians and even into Roman times.

Carrhae is a defunct ancient town on the site, and gave its name to the Battle of Carrhae (53 BC), fought between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire.

Harran's ruins date from Roman, Sabian, and Islamic Caliphate times. T. E. Lawrence surveyed the site, and an Anglo–Turkish excavation was begun in 1951, ending in 1956 with the death of D. S. Rice.

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