Action plan on "Year of Islamic Solidarity" approved

By Azernews

An action plan was approved as 2017 was announced a “Year of Islamic Solidarity" in the country.

The relevant order was undersigned by Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, Azertac reported.

Under the action plan, the Service of State Adviser on Multinational, Multicultural and Religious Affairs will coordinate the organization of the implementation of the Action Plan.

The action plan also highlights events to be held in the country and abroad with the aim of promoting Islamic solidarity and strengthening solidarity between Islam and other religions.

In early January, President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on declaration of year of 2017 a Year of Islamic Solidarity. The aim of the order is to provide the strengthening of Azerbaijan`s unique position in re-establishment of the Islamic solidarity.

The Order says Azerbaijan was one of the main centers of Islamic Civilization for many centuries. The country played an important role in spreading out religion of Islam and re-establishing the Islamic Renaissance. All of these created conditions for formalizing the material and non-material heritage of religion of Islam.

By being elected as the member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, ISESCO, as well as other prestigious organizations Azerbaijan established mutually fruitful relations with the Muslim world.

Azerbaijan also acted as an organizer of the several important global cultural forums. The country also gave great contributions to forming the tolerant environment, establishment of the multiculturalism and inter-cultural, inter-civilizational dialogue and popularization of the Islamic values in the world. Holding the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku in 2017 creates fruitful condition for taking other steps for strengthening the Islamic solidarity of the country.