52 new religious communities appeared in Azerbaijan in 2015

52 new religious communities appeared in Azerbaijan in 2015

52 new religious communities passed the procedure of state registration in Azerbaijan in 2015, the board of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations informed at a meeting dedicated to the results of the last year and upcoming tasks, the head of the department Mubariz Gurbanli said.
49 of them were Muslim, but the other three represented other religions.

Thus, the total number of religious communities in Azerbaijan reached 644, 620 of them Muslim and 24 non-Muslim, including 15 Christian, 6 Jewish, 2 Bahai and 1 Krishnaite, 1news.az reports.

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