22 MAY 2022
SHEIKH-UL-ISLAM ALLAHSHUKUR PASHAZADEH
Sheikh Ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade
- Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board
- Secretary General of the Baku International Center for Interreligious and Intercivilizational Cooperation
- Co-Chairman of the Interreligious Council of the CIS
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Interstate (Austria, Spain, Saudi Arabia and the Vatican) International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID)
- Chairman of the Advisory Council of Muslim Religious Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Chairman of the Supreme Religious Council of the Peoples of the Caucasus
- Member of the Royal Academy of Islamic Thought Ahlal Beit, Jordan
- Member of the Presidium of the Taghrib Committee for the convergence of Islamic madhhabs.
Sheikh Ul-Islam Pashazade is an active supporter of the unity of all traditional madhhabs of Islam. On his personal initiative, the Council of Qadis was created under the Administration of Caucasian Muslims, reflecting the Shia-Sunni composition of Muslims in Azerbaijan. The decisions (fatwas) of this Council apply to both Shiites and Sunnis.
As the leader of the main Muslim community in Azerbaijan, he makes special efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue, tolerance and multiculturalism in Azerbaijani society and around the world.
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Theology Allahshukur Pashazade is also known as the first historian of Islamic studies in Azerbaijan. In 1997, he established the Scientific and Religious Council under the Council of Muslims of the Caucasus.
- Secretary General of the Baku International Center for Interreligious and Intercivilizational Cooperation
- Co-Chairman of the Interreligious Council of the CIS
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Interstate (Austria, Spain, Saudi Arabia and the Vatican) International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID)
- Chairman of the Advisory Council of Muslim Religious Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Chairman of the Supreme Religious Council of the Peoples of the Caucasus
- Member of the Royal Academy of Islamic Thought Ahlal Beit, Jordan
- Member of the Presidium of the Taghrib Committee for the convergence of Islamic madhhabs.
Sheikh Ul-Islam Pashazade is an active supporter of the unity of all traditional madhhabs of Islam. On his personal initiative, the Council of Qadis was created under the Administration of Caucasian Muslims, reflecting the Shia-Sunni composition of Muslims in Azerbaijan. The decisions (fatwas) of this Council apply to both Shiites and Sunnis.
As the leader of the main Muslim community in Azerbaijan, he makes special efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue, tolerance and multiculturalism in Azerbaijani society and around the world.
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Theology Allahshukur Pashazade is also known as the first historian of Islamic studies in Azerbaijan. In 1997, he established the Scientific and Religious Council under the Council of Muslims of the Caucasus.
