Heydar Aliyev Foundation has arranged an Iftar party in Russia on the occasion of Ramadan. The Iftar party in the Ramadan Tent was held by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow at the Poklonnaya Gora on the initiative of Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva. The Ramadan Tent is an …
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Holy month of Ramadan starts in Azerbaijan
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan has begun in Azerbaijan. The Moon’s appearance in Azerbaijan, marking the beginning of a new month in the Hijri calendar, fell on April 14 in the country according to the Gregorian calendar. The nights of the Destiny or “laylat ul-gadr” will fall on May 1, 3, 5, and …
Read More »Head of Azerbaijani MFA: “We especially hope that Russia will play a more active role in resolving the conflict”
“Russia is OSCE Minsk Group co-chair engaged in settlement of Nagorno Garabagh conflict, a permanent member of UN Security Council, big state of the region. From this viewpoint, we especially hope that Russia will play a more active role in settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Garabagh conflict,” said Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun …
Read More »Month of Muharram to begin on August 21 in Azerbaijan
Month of Muharram will begin on August 21 in Azerbaijan, Deputy Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Fuad Nurullayev told APA. According to him, Ashura will be on August 30. Deputy Chairman noted that social gatherings limited to no more than 5 people due to quarantine regime in the country until August …
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General information about religion in Azerbaijan The religions of Azerbaijan comprise different religious trends spread among the people and ethnic groups residing in the country. There are several confessions in Azerbaijan. Approximately 95% of the population of Azerbaijan is Muslim. The rest of the population adheres to other faiths or …
Read More »A Room for Religion in Secular Education Systems
This research papers aims to find out the answer to the question “how does secular education system affects religious belief of people?”. Before starting exploration of influence of secular education system to the thinking ability of religious people, we need to study the concept of ‘secularism’, ‘education’ and ‘religion’ in …
Read More »Regulation of Religious Symbols in Modern Public Education: Leyla Shahin in Azerbaijan Universities
Introduction The research paper aims to study the place of religious symbols in modern Azerbaijan Higher education system as a secular state in Leyla Shahin case and to answer the questions: “What will happen if Leyla Shahin studies in one of Azerbaijan state universities? What is a legal base of …
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