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Why was Ashura observed over two days in Azerbaijan this year?
The first major public excitement around Ashura in Azerbaijan since the 1930s happened 10 years ago, in 2015. That year, massive ...
is a former columnist at Yeni Musavat daily newspaper, Azerbaijan. He received his BA from the Azerbaijani State University of Art and Culture. Kenan is currently pursuing a graduate degree in religious sociology at the Ankara Yildirim Beyazid University of Turkey.
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The first major public excitement around Ashura in Azerbaijan since the 1930s happened 10 years ago, in 2015. That year, massive ...
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Today Russia’s capital is home to more than 500.000 Azerbaijanis. Although a significant portion of Azerbaijanis are labor migrants, ...
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Iran’s 13th presidential election ended without a surprise. As most observers predicted, the 60-year-old head of the judiciary, Sayyid ...
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religionIn the first part of this article, I sought to demonstrate how religious Azerbaijani society is and in which direction the country’s religious ...
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