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Hidayat Orujov: Untraditional religious sects in Azerbaijan is in working group level

04 April 2007 16:58 (UTC +04:00)

â€œState bodies do not investigate the religious believes of businessmen in Azerbaijan. Every person in Azerbaijan can launch business within Azerbaijan laws irrespectively of their religious belief and nationalityâ€. Head of the State Committee for Religious Communities Hidayat Orujov told the conference while commenting huge business activity of wahhabists in Azerbaijan, APA reports. Saying that there are a lot of traditional and untraditional religions worshippers in Azerbaijan, the Committee chief said emphasized misinterpretation of arrests of religious sectsâ€™ members by media.
â€œThe arrest of religious sectsâ€™ representatives is commented from the point of their religious believes whereas they are concrete criminalsâ€.
Hidayat Orujov said religious tolerance will not cause anarchy. He also said relevant authorities will take actions against any symptoms of anarchy if there are any.
â€œThere are untraditional sects in Azerbaijan and in the working group level. Related state bodies are working on this, and positive successes are achievedâ€. /APA/