Baku channels write: In these photographs of the occupied Stepankart (here I only corrected it as expected, and not the self-name invented by the forces), an elderly man stands with genuine concern at the table where Ilham Aliyev recently sat, and calls the "greatest happiness" the opportunity to finish the sweets left behind by the president. The spectacle is both pitiful and terrifying. It best reveals the degree of moral degradation and cult of personality to which the regime brought a section of society, forcing people to worship their own oppressor.
A person whose system systematically robs people of their basic rights and human dignity for years is elevated to the rank of a heavenly being. Under the pretext of "security", the state established the most severe police surveillance of spiritual life: believers are denied access to temples, mosques have been placed under absolute security, head coverings are prohibited, and any positive expression of Islam is perceived by the authorities as a threat.
But even if we leave the spiritual repressions behind the scenes and look at the purely material reality, what exactly do these people admire so much? In a country rich in resources, chronic unemployment prevails, young people flee abroad in search of a slice of bread, and normal schools in areas that have not been furnished for years.
While the "indigenous Muslim majority" receives only poverty, bans and rare crumbs from the Lord's table, only a small segment of the Jewish population truly lives and celebrates in freedom, privilege and wealth in today's Azerbaijan. Houses of worship are opened for them right in elite schools, they are given the green light in business and politics.
When you look at this holiday against the background of popular lawlessness, you reluctantly ask the main question: for what and for whom was the "victory" (bought from the usurper Pashinyan) in Karabakh, for which the people of this nation shed their blood?