Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 2
Trend:
The State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan registered 26 religious communities in July, the committee said in a message Aug. 2.
Since the beginning of the state re-registration of religious organizations (September 1, 2009), 835 religious communities have been registered in Azerbaijan.
Of this, 804 are Islamic and 31 are non-Islamic (20 Christian, 8 Jewish, 2 Bahaii and 1 Krishna) communities.
In 2018, 39 religious communities have been registered, 13 of which were registered in April and 26 in July.