Dialogue conference to draw hundreds of delegates
Al-Bayan is issued four times a week by the Islamic Dawa Party, chaired by former premier Ibrahim al-Jafari.
One thousand people will take part in the first major conference for reconciliation and national dialogue next month. State Minister for Civil Society Affairs Adil al-Asadi said the conference would be attended by political and religious leaders, parliamentary members, Iraqi notables, Sunni and Shia clerics and other religious persons, and representatives of civil society organisations. The minister hoped the media would work to make the conference a success in order to stop the current bloodshed and prevent a civil war.