Conference on Islam in Washington
The conference “Secular and tolerant Islam in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: modules and problems” focused on the freedom of expression and religion.
The conference was held in the Washington Strategic and International Researches Center. Official representatives of USA addressing at the conference, noted the importance of elimination of intolerance in the region.
“All opinions should be heard. It is necessary that social networks could provide the expression of opinion, protect freedom of expression and religion,” said Farah Pandit, special representative of the State Department to work with Muslim communities.
Representatives of Azerbaijan spoke about high level of professionalism and tolerance in the country. It was noted that Azerbaijan was the first Muslim country in which women were given the right of voting. The participants mentioned that recently, Heydar Aliyev Foundation funded churches in Europe.
Independent experts Steven Blank, Swante Cornel and Ariel Cowen, in their speeches, stressed the psychology since soviet times. They think that currently the region lives a transition period on such issues as national identification and religious freedom. Religious confessions are guarded by people who had got soviet education.
Representatives of the Armenia community, who attended the conference, tried to focus on the case of Ramil Safarov, but their question remained unanswered, because this theme was not discussed at the conference. -25C04-
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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