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| A new number of the journal "State and Religion" which
is an official organ of the State Committee has appeared |
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| Who
Are Molocans? |
| Molocans are one of the
sects of spiritual Christianity. The founder of the religious movement
of Molocans in the 80th of the 18th century was peasant of Tambov
Semen Uklein. He was Orthodox, but then he joined sect of spiritual
fighters |
| Religion
and State Ö Principles of Autonomous Coexistence |
| Starting from ancient times up to
present all wars, tragic confrontations, repeated changes of world
map, formations and collapses of empires took place not only in the
name of power, priority but also in the name of belief, particularly
religious belief |
| Religious
Situation in Regions |
| The activities of the State
Committee for the Work with Religious Associations positively influence
to the situation in regions. In past, that is during period of Soviet
regime, propaganda of the atheist ideas deprived local population
of learning their national values and habits, particularly those related
to Islam |
| What
the Catholicism Is? |
| As the result of division
of Roman Empire in the IV century into two parts, Christian church
also was divided into Eastern and Western. Eastern Church was totally
dependent on Emperor. Transference of the capital to Constantinople
caused weakening of dependency of roman bishops on imperial power |
| Sufism |
| Sufism is one of the widespread trends
on the Muslim East, which went down in the history of Islam under
the name of Tasawwuf. Sufism appeared in the first centuries of Islam
and in the various periods had the different political contents and
carried out function of a source of various ideas |
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| The
Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Freedom of Religious Belief" |
| Everyone shall determine his/her
attitude to religion independently and shall have the right to confess
any religion individually or together with others, and express or
spread his/her belief dealing with his/her attitude to religion |
| The
Decree about the Establishment of the State Committee |
| The State Committee for the Work with Religious
Associations is empowered to interfere in the activities of religious
associations within the framework stipulated by the law to provide
the fulfillment of legislative acts concerning freedom of religion
and conviction |
| Regulations
of the State Committee for the Work with Religious Associations |
| The Committee shall be the central
executive authority body that provides putting into practice the state
policy in the field of religious activity, observation of the principles
of the law on the religious institutions, coordination of the activities
of the relevant executive authorities related to the religious institutions |
| Administrative
Regulations |
| Carrying out religious
propaganda by foreigners or persons without citizenship shall cause
fine - 20-25 of salary minimum, or shall not cause any fine but deportation
from the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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