Imam Babayev was jailed under Criminal Code punishments introduced in December 2015 which solely target those who lead Muslim worship after having gained religious education abroad.
Source/Credit: Forum 18
By Felix Corley | 10 July 2017
Sardar Babayev was jailed for three years for leading mosque prayers because he was educated abroad, the first known punishment for this "crime". Religion Law amendments now allow state exceptions to the ban. Two acquitted Jehovah's Witnesses, who spent a year in prison, offered no compensation.
For what is believed to be the first time, an Azerbaijani court has handed down a prison term to punish an individual with foreign religious education for leading Muslim prayers. On 3 July a court in the southern town of Masalli imprisoned 43-year-old Shia Muslim Sardar Babayev for three years. He is preparing to appeal against the sentence to Shirvan Appeal Court.
Imam Babayev was jailed under Criminal Code punishments introduced in December 2015 which solely target those who lead Muslim worship after having gained religious education abroad.
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