Imam Qarayev is the fourth from a group of five Sunni Muslim prisoners of conscience connected to the Mosque, which the authorities want to close, to receive a prison term.
Source/Credit: Forum 18 News Service
By Felix Corley | July 13, 2015
Imam Mubariz Qarayev, who led prayers and preached at the Lezgin Mosque in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, was given a one-year prison sentence on 10 July, Forum 18 News Service has learned.
Imam Qarayev is the fourth from a group of five Sunni Muslim prisoners of conscience connected to the Mosque, which the authorities want to close, to receive a prison term.
In western Azerbaijan, Sabuhi Mammadov, the host of a group of Muslims who met to study the works of Islamic theologian Said Nursi, was given a massive fine in early June.
"He had not gathered people correctly," police told Forum 18.
Thirteen other Muslims were also fined after police broke up the meeting.
And in late June, Azerbaijan denied entry to Georgian Orthodox priest Fr Demetre Tetruashvili, who has served the only two Georgian Orthodox parishes with state permission to exist in the country for the past four years.
The local Georgian Orthodox community cannot now celebrate the liturgy or receive other sacraments.
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