Azeri clerical leader to chair CIS body
The head of the Caucasus Clerical Office (CCO),
Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazada, has been elected chairman
of the newly-established CIS Advisory Council of Muslims. The
election occurred at a meeting of the CIS Muslim clerical leaders
held in Moscow last Wednesday.
The Council is expected to comprise a working commission that will meet annually.
Speaking at the meeting, Pashazada said such a high-level, large-scale event was being held in the post-Soviet area for the first time in the past 18 years.
The CCO chairman emphasized that the CIS religious leaders were fighting the forces that infringe upon territorial integrity, security and stability of states.
40 Islamic religious figures from eight CIS countries and heads of Russia`s religious communities attended the meeting.
The Council is expected to comprise a working commission that will meet annually.
Speaking at the meeting, Pashazada said such a high-level, large-scale event was being held in the post-Soviet area for the first time in the past 18 years.
The CCO chairman emphasized that the CIS religious leaders were fighting the forces that infringe upon territorial integrity, security and stability of states.
40 Islamic religious figures from eight CIS countries and heads of Russia`s religious communities attended the meeting.
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