Współczesny islam w Azerbejdżanie – ciągłość czy zmiana w kontekście praw człowieka
Contemporary Islam in Azerbaijan – Continuity or Change in the Context of the Human Rights

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the complicated relationships between power and religion in the contemporary Azerbaijan. During the Soviet times religious formed an ideological battlefront and their followers were persecuted. Currently, the Republic is declared a secular state. Islam plays only a very limited role in the political sphere and only a small part of the population supports the idea of establishing an “Islamic order”. Among the Muslim majority, religious observance varies and Muslim identity tends to be based more on culture and ethnicity rather than religion. The Muslim population is approximately 85% Shi’a and 15% Sunni differences traditionally have not been defined sharply. Azerbaijan has the second highest Shia population percentage in the world after Iran.

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