IQNA Ready to Cooperate with Azerbaijan’s Islamic Media
Managing director of the International Quran News Agency (IQNA) said the agency is ready to cooperate with the Islamic and religious media of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Speaking to IQNA, Hojat-ol-Islam Seyed Mehdi Taqavi said such cooperation ca play an important role in boosting Islamic solidarity and the awakening of the Islamic Ummah.
He pointed to the history of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, saying that apart from geopolitical proximity, what makes bilateral relations much more important is Islam.
IQNA’s chief said that Muslims of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who make up around 95 percent of the population, have deep religious and Islamic beliefs like Iranians and that there are friendly and brotherly relations between the two nations.
He said 70 years of communists’ rule in which atheism and agnosticism were promulgated in the Republic of Azerbaijan, could not force the country’s Muslims to abandon their beliefs and they remained steadfast in their religion “so that after independence, we witnessed the restoration of Islamic rituals in the country.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Taqavi underlined the expansion and deepening of bilateral relations and said brotherly ties will both strengthen stability and balance in the region and enhance Islamic solidarity.
“The enemies of Muslim world have certainly not been happy to see the two countries are getting closer to each other,” he said, adding that the enemies have exploited some ethnic and religious issues to create tension and impede further proximity between the two nations.
He urged for vigilance among the two countries’ officials and scholars in order to nip in the bud any attempts aimed at fomenting religious and ethnic discord.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Hojat-ol-Islam Taqavi highlighted the role of the media in boosting political and cultural relations between nations, including Iran and Azerbaijan.
He also pointed to the activities of the International Quran News Agency and said IQNA, as the first specialized Quran news agency in the world, disseminates Quranic and religious news in 42 languages, including Azeri.
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He pointed to the history of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, saying that apart from geopolitical proximity, what makes bilateral relations much more important is Islam.
IQNA’s chief said that Muslims of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who make up around 95 percent of the population, have deep religious and Islamic beliefs like Iranians and that there are friendly and brotherly relations between the two nations.
He said 70 years of communists’ rule in which atheism and agnosticism were promulgated in the Republic of Azerbaijan, could not force the country’s Muslims to abandon their beliefs and they remained steadfast in their religion “so that after independence, we witnessed the restoration of Islamic rituals in the country.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Taqavi underlined the expansion and deepening of bilateral relations and said brotherly ties will both strengthen stability and balance in the region and enhance Islamic solidarity.
“The enemies of Muslim world have certainly not been happy to see the two countries are getting closer to each other,” he said, adding that the enemies have exploited some ethnic and religious issues to create tension and impede further proximity between the two nations.
He urged for vigilance among the two countries’ officials and scholars in order to nip in the bud any attempts aimed at fomenting religious and ethnic discord.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Hojat-ol-Islam Taqavi highlighted the role of the media in boosting political and cultural relations between nations, including Iran and Azerbaijan.
He also pointed to the activities of the International Quran News Agency and said IQNA, as the first specialized Quran news agency in the world, disseminates Quranic and religious news in 42 languages, including Azeri.
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