Religion
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The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, commenced on June 4 with Muslims from across the globe converging on the holy city of Mecca amidst strict health proto...
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The USA put Azerbaijan on a special list of countries that commit severe violations of religious freedom.
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The United States recently included Azerbaijan in its annual so-called Special Watch List (SWL), which includes countries with serious violations of religious freedom. Secretary of State Anthony Blink...
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On May 15, the US State Department published the report "International Religious Freedom in 2022". In the report, Azerbaijan, along with Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka...
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Recently, imams in mosques in Baku have been appointed not by members of the community, but by persons elected by the State Committee for Work with Religious Structures (SCWRS.) This causes discontent...
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The independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, Jonathan Hall QC Jonathan Hall QC, said in his report "Terrorism in Prisons" that prisons should not provide militants with opportunities to plan ne...
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As a result of the confrontation between Baku and Tehran, the number of convicted Muslims is growing in Azerbaijan, many are accused of collaborating with Iranian secret services. In places of detenti...
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Taleh Bagirzade, the imprisoned leader of the “Muslim Unity” Movement, was on a hunger strike from 3 to 23 June. The reason for this was that believers were subjected to torture in police stations, wh...
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The social dissatisfaction and protests of various social groups in the country stem from poor governance. It is possible to find this factor at the root of any social dissatisfaction. However, it is...
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On June 9, the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations (SCWRO) issued a statement referring the circles in Azerbaijan interested in creating religious strife. The statement says that som...
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Quite an active polemic (let`s focus on this term) in the Azerbaijani segment of social networks around a number of statements made by the head of the Caucasian Muslims Department (CMD) Sheikh-ul-Isla...
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On June 16, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on amendments to the Law on Freedom of Religion of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan. According to the decree, an important prohibition of the state on...
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Article 3: Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia: Albanian heritage dispute
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Article 2: Extrinsic motives of religious confrontation in the Karabakh conflict
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Article 1: Unabated pan-Islamic merrymakings
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With the exception of the Hellenic and Roman, all ecumenical civilizations until the Middle Ages were located in the Orient. However, despite the most favorable conditions, starting with the Renaissan...