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Azerbaijani official: Heydar Aliyev created exemplary model of ties between state, religion (PHOTO)

Politics Materials 8 May 2018 14:07 (UTC +04:00)
National leader Heydar Aliyev created an exemplary model of relations between the state and religion in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov said
Azerbaijani official: Heydar Aliyev created exemplary model of ties between state, religion (PHOTO)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 8

By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:

National leader Heydar Aliyev created an exemplary model of relations between the state and religion in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov said.

Hasanov made the remarks in Baku May 8 at a conference organized by the Caucasian Muslims Office, dedicated to the 95th birth anniversary of Azerbaijan’s great leader Heydar Aliyev.

"He not only determined his fate, the fate of his family, the further fate of his native land, but also played a huge role in the current development of Azerbaijanis, in determination of their fate today," he said.

“Heydar Aliyev was such a leader who created important examples in the past, present and future fate of Azerbaijanis,” Hasanov added. “Azerbaijanis live and work on the basis of these examples. Our society provides the world with numerous examples, namely, examples of tolerance, examples of social and political stability, a brilliant example of the norms of civilized co-existence between religions.”

“We are inspired by these examples and will be proud of them in the future,” he said. “And today, when solving crucial issues, the policy of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev envisages the unification of religious figures together with representatives of the intelligentsia, state and public figures of the country. This is a continuation of the monolithic national and ethnic unity created by the national leader."

“After great leader Heydar Aliyev became the leader of the country for the second time, he made every effort to save Azerbaijan by assuming this mission,” Hasanov said. "Of course, the state must be based on national unity, social and political stability and the will of citizens, so the national leader ensured national and civil unity. The achievement of civil unity was precisely ensured by him.”

“This civil unity was based on respect for religion, language and culture of people,” Hasanov said. “In the previous period, some people who put the Azerbaijani society in a state of struggle between various peoples and ethnic groups contributed to the national and ethnic confrontation among the Azerbaijanis.”

“Heydar Aliyev managed to stop this confrontation showing respect to religious and ethnic values, culture of each person,” he added. “The national leader created an exemplary model of relations between the state and religion. It is enough to see the current model of Islamic religion and religious tolerance in Azerbaijan.”

“Our religious model has been created in such a way that believers do not interfere in secular norms of the state, the state does not interfere in religious rites of believers,” he said. “Everyone has his place, his limits. This golden mean was determined by the national leader."

“Respect is shown to representatives of all religions and cultures in Azerbaijan,” Hasanov said, adding that Sunnis and Shiites have never confronted in the country, because no one has such a sense of separation.

"This is an example created by the national leader and we can cite many similar examples created by Heydar Aliyev," he said.

Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations Mubariz Gurbanli, representatives of various religious confessions, Azerbaijani MPs, religious figures and other guests also took part in the event.

“One of Heydar Aliyev’s first steps after his returning to power was the visit to Taza Pir Mosque, where Heydar Aliyev addressed the believers and said: 'We will be united in the way of Allah',” Pashazade added. “One of his first orders was to restore the Bibi Heybat Mosque.”

“The greatest desire of the great leader was the restoration of territorial integrity, the return of Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced people to their native lands, the restoration of cultural monuments destroyed in Karabakh,” he said.

"I am sure our people under the leadership of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev will be able to realize this desire," Pashazade added.

Chairman of the Council of Elders of Azerbaijan, MP Fattah Heydarov also addressed the event.

He said Heydar Aliyev devoted his entire life to the Azerbaijanis.

"After the great leader began to lead Azerbaijan in 1969, the country achieved great success," Fattah Heydarov said. “Heydar Aliyev was among the leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) thanks to the conducted work."

He stressed that the great leader will remain in the history of the Azerbaijanis for centuries.

"By his policy Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev proved that he is a worthy successor to the national leader," the MP said.

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