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Executive Office: The mosque in Murtuza Mukhtarov Street was built illegally, it should be knocked down

04 December 2008 13:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. â€œThe mosque in Murtuza Mukhtarov street, 190, was built illegally and should be knocked down,â€ head of legal department of Yasamal district executive office Saida Gulubayova told APA. She said that cost sheet should be prepared for constructing any building.
â€œArchitecture and Town Planning Department of Baku Mayorâ€™s Office should be appealed, cost sheets confirmed and only after that permission should be given to construction. The person, who built a mosque in that territory, did not do it. He had no permission to build a mosque,â€ she said.
Saida Gulubayova said Valeh Movsumov was warned when he began to build illegal mosque, but he ignored it.

Valeh Movsumov, who built â€œPeygemberimiz Mahammadin Mescidiâ€ in Murtuza Mukhtarov Street, 190, also commented on the happenings. He told APA that he established Yasamal District Religious Community in 2006 and registered it the same year.
â€œWhen the community was registered, nonresidential area in Murtuza Mukhtarov, 190 was shown as its legal address,â€ he said.

Movsumov said that he had decided to build a mosque in that territory and appealed to Baku Mayorâ€™s office.
â€œI was allowed to carry out reconstruction in my property and I built a mosque there,â€ he said.

Movsumov also confessed that he possessed 9 sq m area of Azerbaijan State Economic University while building the mosque.
â€œMinaret of the mosque was built there,â€ he said.

Movsumov noted that when the suit of Yasamal district executive power to knock down the mosque was granted, he decided to devolve his mosque on the government.

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