eurasianet.org:  The ruling elite has leveraged the bogeyman of Islamic extremism to cast itself as the guardian of a secular and stable Azerbaijani state to rationalize the adoption of more autocratic policies both domestically and internationally. In December the U.S. State Department for the first time placed Azerbaijan on its Special Watch List for "engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom."...

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