Every meeting of the religious leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia is a step forward in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the head of the Muslim Board of the Caucasus, Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pasha-zade, said. "Despite the attempts of certain circles to convert the Karabakh conflict into a religious conflict, the religious leaders of the conflicting sides sitting down to the negotiating table succeeded to a certain extent in preventing the spread of the opinion that it is a confl…

Auf Einladung von Patriarch Kirill haben sich das Oberhaupt der Armenischen Apostolischen Kirche, Katholikos-Patriarch Karekin II., und der Großmufti und Scheich-ul-Islam des Kaukasus, Allahshukur Paschazade in Moskau getroffen, um über Wege zur Entschärfung der Krise um Berg Karabach zu sprechen. Zum Abschluss des Treffens im Moskauer Danilow-Kloster, dem Amtssitz von Patriarch Kirill, unterzeichneten die drei religiösen Oberhäupter ein gemeinsames Statement, in dem sie zu einer friedlichen Lö…

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev approved amendments to the Law on Freedom of Religion on 22 June, which lift certain restrictions on the activity of Azerbaijani citizens who received religious training abroad. Amendments to Article 1 prohibit foreigners and stateless persons to conduct religious propaganda in Azerbaijan, with the exception of clerics invited to Azerbaijan by a religious center. Amendments to Article 21 permit the performance of Islamic ceremonies and rites by Azerbaijani cit…