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CHAIRMAN OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR WORK WITH RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS ATTEND MEETING ON 1400TH YEAR OF HOLY QURAN`S REVELATION
Baku, September 8 (AZERTAC). Chairman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov has attended in Istanbul the meeting of OIC ministers of religious affairs to mark the 1400th year of revelation of the holy Quran.
The event brought together Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, OIC ministers of religious affairs and prominent religious figures.
Addresing the event, Orujov highlighted national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev`s care for Islam. He added President Ilham Aliyev successfully continues the national leader`s policy. Orujov underlined favorable conditions had been created in Azerbaijan for people of different faiths.
Touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Orujov said Armenia has been pursuing the policy of ethnic cleansing and aggression against Azerbaijan which, he added, is a part of the Islamic world.
Orujov pointed out in the wake of the conflict more than one million Azerbaijanis were driven out their native lands. He underscored Armenians had destructed historical and religious monuments in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Orujov said these facts must concern not only Azerbaijan but all international organizations, particularly Muslim countries.
The event participants also became familiar with the new edition of holy Quran which was published in Azerbaijan at the initiative and with support of President Ilham Aliyev.
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