“Religion should not interfere in political life. We do not understand those who speak of political Islam. This is not typical for Azerbaijan. One of our achievements in the region as an independent country is that we were able to strengthen the secular nature of our society, Respecting at the same time the religious feelings of all our fellow citizens. ” So said President Ilham Aliyev at the International Conference “Along the Middle Corridor: Geopolitics, Security and Economics”.
Speaking of recovery work on the Karabakh, the head of the Azerbaijani state reminded of illegal restoration during the occupation of the mosque in Shush and its damage to one of the Iranian companies: “It was a big scandal, we invited the Iranian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying:” “” You do not have the right to do this, do not have the right to touch the mosque, you, first of all, have no right to visit without our consent Shush, which is part of Azerbaijan. “And this was again familiar with solidarity with Armenians who destroyed 65 of 67 mosques in Karabakh and Zangesure … They used them as a trifle for cows and pigs, and minaretians were used as an observation post for the movement of the Azerbaijani troops. And the mosque in Shush was, so to speak, “updated” to demonstrate the so -called “tolerance” of Armenians and called the Persian mosque “.
The President of Azerbaijan indicated that the mosque has no nationality: “It cannot be called Persian or somehow. This is part of our history, and none of us forgot it. Therefore, the separation of religion from political life is our model, and it is our model, and it Successful. In Azerbaijan, complete unity among Muslims, regardless of wheat them or Sunnis. In our mosques, the unique experience of the joint prayer of Sunnis and Shiites is practiced in our mosques. How can we share them when they are all Azerbaijanis? “.
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