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Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh: Christianity cannot possibly be second religion in Azerbaijan

28 August 2007 13:15 (UTC +04:00)

In a briefing, Pashazadeh said that the organization he chairs can be changed structurally.
He said that CMO has worked only with 18 mosques but it will have to work with nearly 2,000 mosques.
Sheikulislam stressed that CMO needs large office and stressed that reconstructions are linked with changes in the office.
â€œWe need large office for operating. Moreover, we need a lot of personnel,â€ he said.
Sheikulislam also spoke about religious situation in Azerbaijan and stressed that tolerance exists in the country.
Pashazade also commented on the statement â€œAzerbaijan should become Christian country in order to achieve a solution to the Karabakh problem,â€ sounded in the roundtable held on Karabakh problem.
â€œAzerbaijan is a Muslim country. So, Christianity can not be accepted as the second religion. There are many who do not like us because we are Muslim country. Atheists remaining from the Soviet time may voice such statements,â€ he said. /APA/