Azerbaijani cleric urges religious leaders to convey Karabakh's realities to world

Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), has called on religious leaders to bring the realities of Karabakh to the world.

He made the call during a talk with participants of the Global Summit of Religious Leaders at the Juma Mosque in Aghdam, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

The CMO chairman called on religious leaders to make the world aware of the destruction they have seen in Karabakh, Armenian atrocities, vandalism and genocide.

“We want other nations not to face similar disasters. The Aghdam Juma Mosque is historical, while Armenians kept pigs here, thus showing their attitude towards religion, particularly Islam,” he noted.

Notably, the Global Summit of Religious Leaders, themed “World Religions for a Green Planet,” was held in Baku on November 5-6 as part of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Baku on November 11-22.

Initiated and supported by President Ilham Aliyev, the summit was co-organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State Committee on Work with Religious Institutions, the Muslim Council of Elders, the Caucasus Muslims Office, and the United Nations Environment Programme.

The two-day summit brought together nearly 30 leaders from world and traditional religions, heads of prominent religious centres, including patriarchs, officials from the Vatican and Al-Azhar, and notable religious and public figures from various continents and faiths. Representatives from 55 countries and 30 international organizations are attending, including state, academic, religious figures, and media representatives.

By Khagan Isayev