Allahshukur Pashazade: Armenia encroached on cultural, spiritual heritage of Azerbaijan

Armenia carried out not only ethnic cleansing and genocide against Azerbaijan, but also an aggression against Azerbaijan's Turkic-Islamic cultural and spiritual heritage,Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, said at the 3rd meeting of Muslim religious leaders of the member countries of the Organization of Turkic States, Report informs.

According to Pashazade, the Armenians committed acts of vandalism in Karabakh against the monuments of the cultural and spiritual heritage of Azerbaijan, turned the mosques into barns and kept animals there.

"Even Orthodox churches and Albanian-Udi churches were falsified and Gregorianized. By the strong political will of the head of state, under the leadership of First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, historical mosques and temples are being restored and reconstructed in Karabakh, and an invaluable contribution is made to the treasury of Turkic-Islamic culture,” he added.