Tolerancy International holds first conference in Arbil

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The executive manager of Tolerancy International on Monday said that the organization will hold its first conference tomorrow in Arbil city. “The conference will start on Jan. 20 and end on Jan. 22,” Adnan al-Mayiah told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A number of Iraqi Arab and Kurdish political and religious figures will attend the conference,” he said. “The conference will embrace four workshops with at least 60 participants,” he added. Tolerancy International is an independent, non-governmental and liberal organization (NGO), founded in January 2007 by Hussain Sinjari, a former Kurdish minister. The organization is based in Arbil, the capital of the Iraq’s Kurdistan region. MH (P) / SS 1