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Khojaly genocide victims commemorated at Masjid Istiqlal
Baku, February 15 (AZERTAC). Special prayers were made for victims of the Khojaly genocide as tens of thousands of believers, including high ranking government officials and prominent religious leaders gathered at the Masjid Istiqlal in Jakarta, the largest mosque in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and the third largest mosque in the world.
Indonesian Muslims showed solidarity with Azerbaijanis, who mark the 22nd anniversary of the massacre of hundreds of innocent people in the town of Khojaly by Armenians, at Friday and collective prayers in the mosque, which has a total capacity of 120,000 people.
During Friday prayer Vice President of International Students Association of Indonesia Elmar Iskandarov provided an insight into consequences of Armenia`s aggression against Azerbaijan, particularly the occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, and Khojaly genocide.
Following the prayer several Indonesian religious leaders and government officials spoke to Iskandarov to condemn Armenia`s occupation of the Azerbaijani lands and express their support for Azerbaijan on the Khojaly genocide issue.
In 2011, the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Conference (PU OIC) adopted a declaration supporting the international "Justice for Khojaly” campaign initiated by Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.