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CMO Chairman: Azerbaijani state restores churches alongside mosques in Shusha

24 September 2025 11:40 (UTC +04:00)

“Our state, which has preserved the Armenian church in the center of Baku, is now restoring not only our mosques in Shusha, but also the Orthodox and Armenian churches. This is the multicultural policy and moral superiority of the Azerbaijani people and the Azerbaijani state,” said the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade, at the 5th meeting dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the Memorial Day of Religious Confessions in Azerbaijan, APA reports.

“With the help of Almighty God and the unparalleled efforts of our wise state leader, the Fuzuli, Zangilan, and Lachin airports, the Victory Road leading to Shusha, the reconstruction in Khankendi, the Great Return, the new and beautiful appearance of the Karabakh lands, and its transformation into a traditional venue for international summits — all of these increase our confidence and optimism. When traveling to liberated Karabakh with senior religious leaders, by visually demonstrating what was committed during the occupation, and by cooperating with the World Council of Churches to regularly inform them about the truths of Azerbaijan, we present solid facts in response to the anti-Azerbaijani propaganda of the Armenian church and their ongoing revanchist disinformation,” Pashazade stated.

The Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board recalled that he was elected co-president of the “Religions for Peace” Organization, the largest and most prestigious international interfaith peacekeeping body in the world, and became a member of the World Council: “The name of our country is highlighted worldwide not only for interreligious dialogue but also as an example in the field of intra-Islamic understanding. At the event in Bahrain dedicated to issues of intra-Islamic dialogue, the problems it faces, and ways of overcoming them, the example of inter-sectarian understanding and brotherhood in independent Azerbaijan was presented to the world as a rare model. This is yet another successful result of the policy pursued by the head of the Azerbaijani state.”

Firuza Vahid

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