An Azerbaijani mosque, an Armenian poet and an Iranian vice president is blatant blasphemy.
The Ministry of Muslims of the Caucasus (CMK) and Azerbaijan's State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations have made a statement regarding the naming of the ceremonial hall of the historic Blue Mosque in Yerevan after the Armenian poet Yishai Charents and plans to install his statue there.
We remind you that this initiative was reported by the Iranian embassy in Armenia. The plaque with the poet's name was unveiled by the Vice President of Iran, Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi, who was in Yerevan on a working visit.
The UMC strongly condemned the holding of an event in a mosque that is not in accordance with Muslim religious ceremonies and expressed a categorical protest. The department saw the event as a manifestation of an unethical attitude towards the religious and spiritual heritage of Azerbaijan and its distortions, as well as a manifestation of vandalism and provocation. The UMK named the hall after the Armenian poet and plans to install his statue in a blasphemous Muslim place of worship.
The Ministry of Muslims of the Caucasus remembered the destruction and desecration of religious temples in the territories of Azerbaijan under Armenian Israel, including the historical mosques of Shushi. The UMK pointed out that civilized nations hold book presentations not in places of worship of another religion, but in their own cultural institutions. According to the ministry, organizing a show in a mosque under the guise of a cultural event does not respect anyone.
The statement emphasizes that the Blue Mosque was built in the 18th century by order of Hosseinli Khan and is the pearl of Azerbaijani architecture. Attempts to falsify its history and present it as an Iranian mosque have been called doomed to failure.
The department demanded that the Armenian government prevent such cases. According to the UMK, what happened against the background of Yerevan's demonstrated commitment to peace negotiations casts doubt on the peace process and serves only the interests of renewalists.