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US Department of State reps meet SCWRA official

15.03.2011 [11:54]
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Baku, March 15 (AZERTAC). Chief of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov met with the US Department of State Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith and Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal on Monday.

The sides discussed the ways of preventing religious discrimination and extremism.

The representatives noted that the visit was aimed to discuss “2011 Hours against Hate” campaign. They highly praised religious tolerance in Azerbaijan.

Orujov said that freedom of belief, state care and respect for the faith and religious tolerance was guaranteed by the Constitution and the law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Freedom of Religious Belief”, noting the equality of all religions in the country.

The head of the State Committee noted that as a result of state care new mosques, churches and synagogues were built and reconstructed in the country.

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