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CMO: Holding event incompatible with Muslim religious ceremonies at historic Blue Mosque in Yerevan is vandalism

11 November 2026 19:06 (UTC +04:00)

"We express the will of Azerbaijani Muslims and declare that we strongly condemn and firmly protest the holding of an event at the historic Blue Mosque in Yerevan that is incompatible with Muslim religious ceremonies," the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) said in a statement, APA reports.

The statement noted that this incident was an indication of an unethical and distorted attitude toward Azerbaijan's religious and spiritual heritage, an obvious manifestation of vandalism and a provocation:

"Unfortunately, the Blue Mosque in Yerevan, one of the historical religious monuments of the Azerbaijani people, has not been spared the vandalism carried out by Armenians over many decades in our historical lands that they occupied. Following the destruction and burning of our places of worship, including the historic mosques in Shusha, and their desecration through the keeping of animals forbidden in Islam, the naming of a hall in the Blue Mosque in Yerevan after an Armenian poet and the plans to install a bust of that Armenian in a Muslim place of worship in the future are, in general, nothing but blasphemy.

Civilized peoples hold book presentations in their own cultural institutions, not in places of worship belonging to another religion. Organizing a show in a mosque under the guise of a cultural event cannot bring honor to anyone.

Following the liberation of Azerbaijani territories from occupation by Armenian troops, attempts to take revenge in their own way on the historical Azerbaijani cultural and spiritual heritage remaining in present-day Armenia, to falsify the history of the mosque built in the 18th century by Huseynali Khan, the Khan of Yerevan, which is one of the rare masterpieces of Azerbaijani architecture, to present it as an Iranian mosque and to hold staged events there are doomed to failure.

We strongly condemn this uncivilized show held under the guise of a cultural event and demand that the Armenian government prevent such incidents. The occurrence of such an incident while Armenia, which capitulated as a result of the 44-day Patriotic War, is demonstrating commitment to peace negotiations casts doubt on the peace process. This only serves the interests of revanchists."

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