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July 3, 2004

Juma Mosque Congregants Refuse to Recognize New Imam

Congregants of Baku´s Juma mosque are refusing to pray together with a new imam appointed by the Caucasus Muslims´ Office (QMI) in protest of the forcible evection of the Juma mosque congregation from the building on Wednesday. (03 JUNE 2004)

July 2, 2004

Azeri government suppresses opposition

The incumbent power of Republic of Azerbaijan has launched a wave of arrests of opposition-minded people and oppositin activists. Consequently, a great number of poeple were jailed and while some have run to other countries for seeking political asylum. Currently, the big fish of the opposition parties are still been kept at the prisons. Just a few days before, the ruling regime ordered the police to attack the Juma mosque, which headed by highly educated imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu.