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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 15:32:25 EDT
AZERBAIJAN'S SENIOR MUSLIM CLERIC ACCUSES ARMENIAN CHURCH OF INSTIGATING
KARABAKH CONFLICT...
During talks in Baku on 17 April with visiting Patriarch of
Constantinople Bartholomew I, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allakhshukur Pashazade,
who is Azerbaijan's senior Muslim cleric, stressed that Azerbaijan has
always displayed tolerance toward religious and ethnic minorities,
including toward the Armenian church, Turan reported. But, Pashazade
continued, the Armenian church has adopted a "hostile" stance toward
Azerbaijanis. He said he believes the Armenian church played a key role
in instigating the Karabakh conflict. Bartholomew I also met on 17 April
with Azerbaijan's President Heidar Aliev, who assured him that a church
in Baku dedicated to St. Bartholomew and dating from the early Christian
era will be rebuilt, ITAR-TASS reported. LF
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