{"id":188694,"date":"2018-02-14T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/azerbaijani-mosques-to-campaign-for-ilham-aliyev\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:58:09","slug":"azerbaijani-mosques-to-campaign-for-ilham-aliyev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijani-mosques-to-campaign-for-ilham-aliyev\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijani mosques to campaign for Ilham Aliyev"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/sheikh-ul-islam-allahshukur-pashazadeh-and-president-ilham-aliyev-in-medina-saudi-arabia\/\" alt=\"Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh and President Ilham Aliyev in Medina, Saudi Arabia\" class=\"wp-image-99551\"\/><figcaption>\n    Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh and President Ilham Aliyev in Medina, Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  On 14 February, the chairman of the Muslim Council of the Caucasus, Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.az\/xeber-az\/dini-xeberler\/allahsukur-pasazade-axund-ve-imamlara-gosteris-verib-1722.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    instructed<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  Azerbaijan\u2019s Muslim clergy to use their Friday khutbahs, or sermons, to agitate for President Ilham Aliyev\u2019s reelection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Naturally, we can\u2019t force anyone to vote for someone,\u201d Pashazadeh said. \u201cIt\u2019s our duty to deliver the truth to the people, and that\u2019s what I want the imams and akhunds to do with their Friday khutbahs. I also want to say that we will supervising,&#8221; Pashazadeh said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Haji Shahin Hasanli, another official at the Muslim Council of the Caucasus,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/interfax.az\/view\/725890\/az\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    called<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  on the population of Azerbaijan &#8220;to make the right choice in the presidential elections&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We hope that the people will actively participate in the elections, especially against the background of conflicts and disagreements in the world as a whole and in this region in particular,&#8221; Hasanli said.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Now more than ever, the people must make the right choice and vote for the head of state, Ilham Aliyev, in order to protect stability and sustainable development in the country.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  Last year it was announced that Muslim clergy in Azerbaijan would become eligible for a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/azerbaijani-clergy-to-receive-government-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    state salary<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  in 2018.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On 5 February, Ilham Aliyev<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/ilham-aliyev-unexpectedly-moves-presidential-elections-up-to-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    signed<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  an order moving this year\u2019s presidential elections to 11 April. The elections had originally been scheduled to take place on 17 October.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The president was granted the power to call early elections by a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/council-of-europe-asked-to-review-potential-changes-to-the-constitution-of-azerbaijan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    controversial<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  constitutional referendum in 2016. The amendments also extended the presidential term from five years to seven.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  President Aliyev has been<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yap.org.az\/az\/view\/news\/25075\/ahik-in-v-qurultayi-2018-ci-ilde-kechirilecek-prezident-sechkilerinde-ilham-eliyevin-namizedliyinin-ireli-surulmesi-haqqinda-qerar-qebul-edib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    nominated<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  for reelection by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim Council official: Now more than ever, the people must make the right choice and vote for the head of state, Ilham Aliyev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":99551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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