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imprison religious activists. Authorities briefly detained, fined, or warned individuals for holding unauthorized religious meetings; as the government’s requirements for legal registration were unachievable for communities with less than 50 members. The government controls the importation, distribution, and sale of religious materials. The courts fined individuals for the unauthorized sale or distribution of religious materials.
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The Varieties of Religious Repression: Why Governments Restrict Religion
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Despite being a Shia majority country, the ruling regime of
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except in places of worship, religious centers and offices.
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United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
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are domestically produced and regularly consumed, yearly
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1333:. Oxford University Press. pp. 18, 51–53, 79–87.
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State Committee on Work with Religious Associations
1431:Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics
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1884:Forum 18 Religious Freedom Survey, September 2008
1541:"International Religious Freedom Report for 2016"
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3274:Freedom of religion in Europe
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2191:History of the name Azerbaijan
2150:Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
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1606:Greenger, Nurit (8 May 2017).
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2104:Russo-Persian War (1804–13)
1812:Journal of Eurasian Studies
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1973:Khojaly–Gadabay culture
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1278:Religion in Azerbaijan
1176:evangelical Christians
1153:Seventh-day Adventists
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786:Religious persecution
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1888:Article on Forum18
1641:on 18 January 2022.
1618:on 19 January 2023.
1448:on October 30, 2017
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2109:Treaty of Gulistan
1993:Leyla-Tepe culture
1988:Jar-Burial Culture
1968:Nakhchivan culture
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2003:Caucasian Albania
1998:Achaemenid Empire
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