Azerbaijan emphasizes centuries-old religious coexistence as part of its national identity and cultural diplomacy. According ...

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“We, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan, have been living in this land for about 2500 years. During this period, the people of Azerbaijan have embraced us and protected us from dangers. If any Jew ...

In an apparent effort to protect his country from unwanted foreign influences, Azerbaijani President Heidar Aliyev has ordered that all religious communities operating in the country be re-registered ...

Azerbaijan is highlighting centuries of religious coexistence as part of its national identity and cultural diplomacy. #Focus ...

The Azerbaijan government’s recent treatment of Armenian Christians has included forced displacements, expulsions and massacres. Armenians from Armenia, along with Armenians displaced from Azerbaijan, ...

Global leaders, diplomats and climate advocates are gathering to hammer out climate finance agreements at the latest U.N. climate summit being held today (Nov. 11) through Nov. 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Is the Islamic nation’s inclusion—the State Department’s only change this year—driven by its treatment of Christians, Muslims, or ethnic Armenians displaced from the Artsakh enclave? For the first ...

Armenians pray during a service for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, seized back from Azerbaijan, at the Saint-Sargis cathedral in Yerevan on October 1, 2023 ...

The Azerbaijani authorities have arrested hundreds of religious Shias in recent weeks, according to local independent media and rights activists. Pro-government media - which have reported on only a ...

The United States has put Azerbaijan and three other countries on a watch list for engaging in or tolerating “severe violations of religious freedom” after Baku took over the breakaway region of ...