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State committee: Religious websites operating in Azerbaijan leave much to be desired

Society Materials 23 November 2010 18:14 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 23 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /

The most religious websites, operating in Azerbaijan, leave much to be desired.

There are about 100 religious websites in Azerbaijan. The most of them place the materials promoting the intolerance of other religions, sects, Saleh Aslanov, spokesman for the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations told Trend.

He said that the committee controls the activity of religious websites. It works to prevent the spread of materials promoting religious intolerance within its powers and functions.

Regarding the closure of websites, promoting religious intolerance, the committee has not suspended the work of any website, he said.

Roughly 96 percent of Azerbaijan's population is Muslims. The most religious websites are of Islamic nature.

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