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News & Analysis

UN (non)Response to Muslim Trouble Spots

Ayman Ahmed

Jumada' al-Ula' 17, 14422021-01-01

The United Nations was created to prevent the eruption of future wars but it has been a roaring failure. Far from solving any problems, it has created many. Whose interests does it serve?

News & Analysis

Internal and External Dynamics of the Karabakh War

Akhmet Makhmoudov

Rabi' al-Awwal 15, 14422020-11-01

Aliyevs, the ruling clan in Azerbaijan, is using the Karabakh conflict to secure their future even though they connived with Armenian nationalists and committed treason by handing over the region to Armenians in 1994. The wild card in this equation is Russia.

Daily News Analysis

Why Iran is targeted over Karabakh conflict?

Crescent International

Safar 25, 14422020-10-12

Daily News Analysis

Reality of Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes

Crescent International

Safar 13, 14422020-09-30

Special Reports

Armenia-Azerbaijan Ceasefire Violations: What is All the Fuss About?

Akhmet Makhmoudov

Dhu al-Hijjah 11, 14412020-08-01

Last month’s massive protests in Azerbaijan were sparked by its humiliation in clashes with Armenian forces. A leading Azeri general was killed. The regime launched a crackdown of opposition forces, claiming Armenia would exploit the protests and cause further damage to Azerbaijan

Week In Review

Kazakhstan & Azerbaijan Fail the Coronavirus Test

Sha'ban 03, 14412020-03-28

News & Analysis

Strategic Political Shift in Azerbaijan

Akhmet Makhmoudov

Shawwal 27, 14402019-07-01

With the emergence of the Huseyniyyun organization in Azerbaijan, the Aliyev regime has lost its monopoly on force. It bodes ill for the autocratic ruler.

News & Analysis

Azerbaijan: Political Violence Triggers Social Earthquake

Akhmet Makhmoudov

Dhu al-Qa'dah 19, 14392018-08-01

The heroic act of Yunis Safarov has led to social earthquake in Azerbaijan putting the dictatorial regime in a bind: ignore the protests and appear weak, use the iron-fist and provoke more backlash.

News & Analysis

Nardaran events’ long-term repercussions for Azerbaijan

Our Caucasus correspondent

Rabi' al-Thani 03, 14382017-01-01

Whereas the Aliyev regime’s brutal crackdown of Islamic activists has failed to cow them down, it will in fact result in the shortening of the regime’s shelf-life.

Special Reports

Triangle of resources: Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan

Zia Sarhadi

Safar 01, 14382016-11-01

Three countries in South Asia—Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan—have between them enormous mineral and energy resources. This makes them the special target of predatory powers.

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Daily News Analysis

Seeking solution to the Karabakh conflict in the Prophetic Sirah

Maksud Djavadov

Jumada' al-Akhirah 27, 14372016-04-05

In June 2010, we published this commentary on the conflict in Karabakh. We reproduce it in view of the renewed conflict underway in Karabakh today between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

News & Analysis

Iran, Russia, and winds of change in Central Asia

Our Central Asia Correspondent

Rabi' al-Thani 22, 14372016-02-01

Change is in the wind in Central Asia and the Caucasus. How Iran and Russia manage their affairs and relations will have profound impact on future developments.

Daily News Analysis

Regime blocks Islamazeri.az – one of the most popular Internet websites in Azerbaijan

Crescent International

Rabi' al-Thani 21, 14372016-01-31

The dictatorial regime of Ilham Aliyev, a throwback to the Soviet era, clings to primitive methods to block accurate news, especially relating to imprisonment of Islamic movement activists, from reaching the people. Islamazari, one of the most popular websites in Azerbaijan is the frequent victim of such attacks, the latest being just two days ago. Such tactics will backfire on the regime.

News & Analysis

Aliyev pushes Azerbaijan toward civil war

Our Own Correspondent

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14372016-01-01

The illegitimate Aliyev regime is determined to cling to power at any cost, including starting a civil war in the country that would cost it dearly.

Daily News Analysis

Chronology of the latest events in Azerbaijan

Crescent International

Safar 22, 14372015-12-04

Crescent International is providing a brief chronology of the confrontation between the Aliyev regime and the Islamic movement in Azerbaijan as the regime is severely restricting most of non-regime controlled media through coercive action.

Daily News Analysis

Aliyev regime murders six Azeri citizens, and arrests Sheikh Baqirzade, for the third time

Crescent International

Safar 14, 14372015-11-26

The dictatorial regime in Azerbaijan massacres innocent Muslims, and arrests the leader of the Islamic movement, Sheikh Tale Baqirzade. What has prompted the illegitimate regime to resort to such tactics and whose interests does it serve. We examine the issue as information is still trickling in from Azerbaijan...

Daily News Analysis

Sheikh Abgul the socio-political benchmark of authenticity in Azerbaijan

Crescent International

Shawwal 21, 14362015-08-07

Four years after his sentencing, Sheikh Abgul Suleymanov is turning into a major symbol against the corrupt Aliyev regime.

Daily News Analysis

With Sheikh Taleh Bagirov's imminent release from prison, Azerbaijan to enter new political milestone

Crescent International

Shawwal 12, 14362015-07-29

The anticipated release of Sheikh Taleh Bagirov from prison is likely to have wider implications for the political landscape in Azerbaijan. While the regime and secular opposition forces have lost credibility, the Islamic movement is gaining strength and adherents. The Aliyev regime, however, will not take it lying down and may strike in its customary vicious ways.

Azerbaijan: Repression of the Islamic movement

Maksud Djavadov

Ramadan 21, 14352014-07-19

(One of the Muslim countries with a tense political situation and an emerging Islamic identity which is not being covered by the corporate media is Azerbaijan Republic. In order to acquaint the Muslim Ummah with the situation in Azerbaijan, 5Pillarz conducted an interview with Maksud Djavadov, who is a researcher for the Toronto-based Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) and a journalist for ICIT’s publication, Crescent International, specializing in covering the Muslim countries of the former USSR.)

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