More than 30 religious communities registered in Azerbaijan

In this regard, the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Chairman handed the certificates over to the representatives of the religious communities.

About 532 religious communities have passed the registration at the committee before making any additions and amendments to existing legislation, State Committee Chairman Hidayat Orujov said.

Other religious entities have operated without appropriate registration. The committee received documents from about 800 religious entities for the state registration.

Of these, 252 have already passed the state registration. The registration process is expected to be completed in the next two months.

"A model of state-religion relations in other countries can not be imported into Azerbaijan. These negative trends in the future will be prevented. Not any faith or sect, but only high values of Islam and the religion exist for the Azerbaijani state. The religious communities should provide direct assistance to state and society in the protection of those values," he added.


/Trend News/