AZERBAIJAN JAILS RELIGIOUS FIGURES FOR COOPERATION WITH IRAN
Panorama.am
21/11/2012
Shia rights are violated in Azerbaijan, says an article by Iranian
news website Arannews.ir.
Ahead of this year’s Day of Ashura (commemoration of martyrdom of Imam
Husayn), Azerbaijani security forces take unprecedented measures to
ban mourning ceremonies, said the website.
Azerbaijani officials have issued an order threatening to expel those
students who attend Day of Ashura events, said Arannews.ir.
“Azerbaijani authorities began the preparatory works several months
ago. Police and security officials searched houses of many religious
figures looking for religious literature, and some of them were jailed
for cooperation with Iran.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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