In Azerbaijan a number of Muslim clerics are speaking out against the government's decision to close certain mosques. The government says the rules are designed to make following Islam and other faiths easier in a secular...
Azerbaijan is apparently rushing restrictive amendments to its Religion Law through parliament, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. "Only the parliamentary deputies have the text, and it will only be published after its...
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry has issued - but apparently not published - a "Plan to Prevent the Spread of Religious Extremism by Radical Sects", Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Senior Ministry officials have refused to say...