In the name of Allah

the Merciful the Compassionate!

Dear parishioners of Juma Mosque, people full of dignity and honor!

Beginning from the 30th June all of us have been living through the extremely tragic days. It is quite remarkable that this is the time of “Ayyam- Fatima” (“The days of Saint Fatima (s.a.)”). Thus, exactly over these days we all are given a unique spiritual chance to understand and to live through the tragic nature of those historical days.
Now we have witnessed the unprecedented tragedy: the praying believers in the state of the earth bow in the God’s Temple were attacked. Besides, there were arrested 27 believing brothers and sisters. Praise be to the Most High, all the detained believing people, having shown fortitude and dignity, were released.
My dear! I find it necessary to share some ideas with You. Under the circumstances, it is not safe to go to the House of God now. Thus, the believers going for namaz, praying in the Mosque are detained, put under pressure and fined.
My dear! The 9th of July, the next Friday is coming. We all know how important the Fridays are for believers. In our blessed religion Friday is the “crown of days”.
Dear parishioners of Juma Mosque! The coming Friday is different from others. On this Friday we all are to be very responsible. With great regret, we have to state that the blessed Friday may be blackened by provocations arranged against the believers. Certain slanderous mechanisms as the components of these provocations have already been launched.
My dear! I am addressing You with a great request: just like the previous days, on this Friday it is necessary to restrain yourselves from going to the Mosque and to pray at home. I am perfectly aware of the bitterness of this decision. It is for the first time over the last 12 years that we shall not pray together in the God’s Temple. But now it is a kind of obligation for us. It is necessary so that to break the plans of those who want to show disrespect towards the House of God, those who want to slander the believers. With pain in our heart we note that the moral atmosphere in the God’s Temple has been practically destroyed, your security is not observed and the most important is that we must prevent the planned provocations. Therefore, it is expedient to pray at home on this Friday.
My dear! We are awaited by lots of Fridays in the future. The justice will certainly triumph. Mehdi (a.f.) awaited by us will arrive on one of these Fridays and by his advent he will fill the Universe with peace and welfare.
Let God make this Friday blessed for You!
Let the Most High save You!

Imam-jamaat of “Juma” Mosque in Icherishekher

Ilgar Ibrahimoglu

HADIS

About the criteria of a Muslim.

On behalf of the Holiest Prophet (s): “One cannot consider himself a Muslim without taking care of other Muslims in the morning. Nor is a Muslim the one who does not respond to exclamation of another person regarding help and assistance: “Oh, Muslims!””

About God’s servant.

On behalf of Imam Ali (a): “Be servant to no one (but to Allah)! Because Allah crated you free.”

About hope.

On behalf of Mohammed Tagi (a): “The one who relies only on the Most High Allah will be delighted. The one who hopes for the Most High Allah will be helped by Allah. And to rely only on Allah is the stronghold attributed only to a true believer.”

About the position of Khanum Fatima (a).

On behalf of Saint Fatima (a): “The world of those who made a fetish of the earthly, perishable enjoyments is unpleasant for me”.

About extent of faith.

From the prayers of Imam Ali (a) to the Most High Allah: “Oh, my Allah! Truly, I worship You not because I am afraid regarding my fate and not because of the desire to be rewarded by You, but only because I consider only You be worth of worshipping!”

PULSE OF THE DAY

Information by press service of the Center for Protection of Conscience and Persuasion Freedom (DEVAMM):

- On the 8th of July 37 Muslim religious associations made a joint appeal regarding the tragedy that had taken place in Juma Mosque. The appeal contains the sharp condemnation of the unprecedented violation of believers’ freedom of religion as well as the demand to put an end to persecutions against the religious community of Juma Mosque and against imam-jamaat of the Mosque Ilgar Ibrahimoglu. The authors of the document also demand to create the relevant conditions so that the religious community “Juma Mosque” can continue its activities in the same-named Mosque, the community, which was registered by the Ministry of Justice in 1993 as well as to punish those who have committed violations against humanity, morality and religion.
- On the 2nd of July the human rights organization “Human Rights House” made public the statement concerning the expulsion of “Juma Mosque” religious community from the same-named Mosque. The statement sharply condemns the expulsion of the community from the Mosque and it is considered as the grossest violation of the human rights. The statement also condemns the persecutions against Ilgar Ibrahimoglu. The document also stresses that the community was registered by the Ministry of Justice in 1993 and was carrying out the legal activities without receiving any claims.
Taking the above into account, Human Rights House appealed to create the conditions in the country for activities of the civil society structures, to fence the human rights activists from attacks and to restore the rights of community “Juma”.
- On the 8th of July in “Nizami” press club there was held a press conference organized by the Monitoring Group of the Human Rights Organizations on the subject of the situation with the human rights.
The leading coordinator of DEVAMM Ilgar Ibrahimoglu also took part in that event. He informed those present that the human rights center DEVAMM and IRLA Azerbaijan Chapter had received more than 500 complaints from the members of the religious community “Juma Mosque”.
I.Ibrahimoglu also called for the wide public to express the protest against breaking the architectural appearance of Juma Mosque.
- On the 8th of July the Federation of human rights organizations of Azerbaijan made a statement regarding the situation around Juma Mosque. The statement contains the great concern about the processes taking place around the religious community “Juma Mosque”. The statement notes that according to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, the religion is separated from the state and therefore the groundless interference of the governmental agencies with the activities of the religious communities cannot be justified.
The statement sharply condemns the application of the physical force against believers and their detention.
The statement also notes that the Federation expresses its firm protest against the massive violation of the religious community “Juma Mosque” believers’ rights and stresses that this protest will be made known to the corresponding international entities.