BAKU, Azerbaijan—The Abu Bakr mosque is in a modest commercial district not far from Baku’s train station, next to a gas station and a noisy construction site. A branch of the religious-goods chain ...
BAKU -- Police dispersed a group of demonstrators on September 1 protesting an Azerbaijani court ruling that allows for the demolition of the Fatimeyi Zehra Mosque in the capital. The protesters ...
When protesters tried to stop the demolition of a Baku mosque in April, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev stepped in and decided to appoint a special commission to look into the issue. “Taking into ...
Lying at the crossroads of East and West, Azerbaijan's capital reveals its Zoroastrian, Islamic and Soviet past – and it's oil-rich present – through its unique design. Space and time appear to ...
Baku may have the designation of this year's "Capital of Islamic Culture," but a recent series of mosque closures and fresh requirements for registration of religious organizations has prompted ...
Congregation leaders claim the Baku city authorities are considering turning the Cuma mosque into a carpet museum. As in the rest of the Soviet Union, most of Azerbaijan's religious buildings were ...
The Surakhani District Executive Power appealed to the local Economic Court 2 to demolish the Fatimeyi Zahra mosque, located in the Yeni Gunashli settlement 33 of the Surakhani District. The juridical ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan—The Abu Bakr mosque is in a modest commercial district not far from Baku’s train station, next to a gas station and a noisy construction site. A branch of the religious-goods chain ...
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