02 March 2017
Analysing the current phenomena of alternative religiosities through a post-Soviet lens may be productive in the Azerbaijani context, given the... Read more
Topic: Azerbaijan
19 June 2013
Menevi Saflig Devet and similar associations are among some of the most outspoken religious actors in Azerbaijan and certainly have... Read more
31 January 2005
Rivalry between two religious bodies is blamed for thwarted Haj hopes of hundreds of Azerbaijani Muslims. Read more
20 October 2003
Amid the widespread violence in the wake of the 15 October presidential elections, police swooped on the Juma Mosque in... Read more
28 June 2003
In Azerbaijan, government hostility to the idea of religious freedom appears to derive from officials' fear of social forces they cannot... Read more
27 September 2002
The head of the "expertise" department of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations has told Keston News Service... Read more
30 August 2002
Lately, debates at government level regarding the introduction of a special discipline on religious issues in secondary schools' curriculum have... Read more
16 April 2002
The Azerbaijani government, apparently concerned over religious extremism and corruption, is cracking down on the country's main Muslim organisation.
When the... Read more