Investigation and Analysis of the Conditions Of the Shiites in Azerbaijan

The religious structure of Azerbaijan republic and the way people look and the elite view Islam, and Shiism in particular, in that country is the product of a long historical process full of vicissitudes; without studying it, no one can have a right and realistic understanding of the religious and political evolutions of the present society of Azerbaijan. Indeed, formation and activities of Islamist parties has been realized in this very context of this historical product. Thus, through an investigation of the course of Islamic evolutions in Azerbaijan, one can have a better understanding of the political-religious atmosphere dominating the activities of the Islamists in that country. Similarly, the attitude and approach of the Islamist trends in Azerbaijan greatly help Islam and Shiism, the way they interact or confront the ruling political regime, goals and ideals and their view on Iran as the greatest Shiite country in Islamic world.