Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.24 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
The Surakhani District Executive Power of Baku suspended the construction of the Fatimeyi Zahra mosque, located in the Yeni Gunashli settlement 33 of the Surakhani District. Members of the religious community "Fatimeyi Zahra" are not allowed entering the mosque.
The decision of the Surakhani District Executive Power to suspend the construction is illegal, because the court should pass a relevant sentence, Rovshan Shiraliyev, lawyer, representative of the religious community told Trend on Aug. 24.
To ground its decision the Surakhani District Executive Power states that the area where the mosque was constructed had been given to its possession at order of the Baku City Administration. The mosque was illegally built and the Surakhani District Executive Power appealed to the regional court to demolish the mosque and ancillary buildings in the territory, the lawyer said.
According to Shiraliyev, in 1996 the head of the Baku City Executive Power ordered to allocate the area in the village of Yeni Gunashli to construct the Fatimeyi Zahra mosque. Necessary documents for the construction were prepared by the city authorities.
However, in late 2002, referring to non-use of the area for a long time the Baku city authorities passed an order to cancel the previous order and to transfer the land plot to the possession of the Surakhani District Executive Power for constructing sports and entertainment complex. Following this order, representatives of the community met with the deputy head of Baku City Executive Power, Rauf Panahov.
Panahov said that the order was given by mistake and there is no reason for concern on the issue of the construction.
The Surakhani District Executive Power appealed to the court, referring to its rights over this area.
At present, the local Economic Court 2 is considering the appeal. A representative of the community filed a petition to involve the Baku City Executive Power to the process as a third party. Petition was granted. Defendants filed a counterclaim, which demands eliminating orders of the Baku City Executive Power, dated 2002, and suspending unlawful interference of the Surakhani District Executive Power.
Trend correspondent contacted the Surakhani executive power on this issue, but no further information was provided.
Over the last year the mosque of our Prophet Muhammad and the mosque at the Oil Rocks were demolished in Baku as illegal facilities.
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