Baku/28.07.17/Turan: On July 28 sixteen registered religious (Islamic) communities received certificates at the State Committee for Work with Religious Communities. Participating in the event, the first deputy chairman of the Committee Sayad Salahli noted the great role of religious communities in preserving the moral and spiritual balance. In this regard, a big task falls on religious figures, he noted, having recommended that the public disseminate Islamic values in an even wider form, improve educational work.
The chairmen of the religious communities spoke about the protection of religious stability, propaganda of national and spiritual values.
In 2009, following the re-registration of religious communities, 783 religious communities have been registered to this day. Of these, 755 are Islamic, 28 are non-Islamic. In the country there are 17 Christian communities, 8 Jewish, 2 Bahá'ís, 1 Krishna. -05D04-
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