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The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [5] Estimates include 90% (The World Factbook, 2020) [6] and 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [7] of the population identifying as Muslim.
Azerbaijan is an observer state of the World Trade Organization. The vast majority of the country's population (97%) is nominally [27] Muslim. [28] The Constitution of Azerbaijan does not declare an official religion, and all major political forces in the country are secular. Azerbaijan is a developing country and ranks 89th on the Human ...
After independence, the laws regarding religion are quite clear. In Article 7 of the constitution, Azerbaijan is declared a secular state. This point is driven home in Article 19 with the statement of the separation of religion and state and the equality of all religions before the law as well as the secular character of the state educational ...
On December 29, 2023, the State Department placed Azerbaijan on its Special Watch List for severe vioations of religious freedom. [1] The government uses mosque closures to repress independent Muslim groups that act independently of the state. [ 2 ]
Category: Religious buildings and structures in Azerbaijan by city. 10 languages.
Religious buildings and structures in Azerbaijan by city (3 C) * Religion in the Republic of Artsakh (2 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Religion in Azerbaijan"
The order to build the Heydar Mosque was given in mid-2012 by Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, and the son of the mosque's namesake. Construction work began in September 2012 and was completed at the end of 2014. The official opening ceremony of the mosque took place on 26 December 2014.
In 2022, the European Court of Human Rights found the government violated individual freedom of religion or belief in cases involving seven individuals. At the end of the year, 22 individuals were detained due to their religious beliefs or practices. [18] In 2023, the country was scored zero out of four for religious freedom by Freedom House. [2]