For just about a decade after construction plans were unveiled, detractors continued to refer to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export route mockingly as "the pipeline to nowhere."
For just about a decade after construction plans were unveiled, detractors continued to refer to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export route mockingly as "the pipeline to nowhere."
Ilgar Ibrahimoglu, the imam of Baku's controversial Juma mosque, is a man of many identities. Among Western diplomats in Azerbaijan, he is referred to as "the Sheikh." Local and international human rights advocates call him a "friend." In the eyes of Azerbaijani officials, however, Ibrahimoglu is a "dangerous fundamentalist," "political rabble-rouser" and a "shameless self-promoter."
