- Muslim _________________ 93.4%
- Armenian Apostolic ___ 2.3%
- Russian Orthodox _____ 2.5%
- Other ___________________ 1.8%
LEGISLATION
Constitution of Azerbaijan
Article 18: Religion and State.
Religion shall be separated from the State in the Azerbaijan Republic. All religions shall be equal by law. The spread and propaganda of religions which humiliate human dignity and contradict the principles of humanity shall be banned. The State education system shall be of secular character.
Article 48: Freedom of Consciousness
Every Person shall have the right to freedom of Consciousness and Religion. Everybody shall have the right to independently define his/her attitude towards
Religion, to profess Religion alone or together with other, or to profess no Religion at all, to express and spread convictions.Free conduct of religious rites if it doesn’t violate public order or public morality shall be authorized. Violation of the freedom of Religion and self-expression shall not be justified.
Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Freedom of Religious Belief”
Article 1:
Everyone shall determine his/her attitude to religion independently and shall have the right to confess any religion individually or together with others, and express or spread his/her belief dealing with his/her attitude to religion.
It is not allowed to prevent anyone from determining his/her attitude to religion, in confessing religion, taking part in liturgies, making religious rites and rituals and studying religion.
It is prohibited to propagandize religions with the appliance of religious violence or sowing discord among the people with the aim of changing their religious way of life or forcing to confessing religion.
REPORTS
United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Azerbaijan – International Religious Freedom Report for 2013
Freedom House
Nations in Transit, Azerbaijan, 2014 • Special para on Freedom on religion and belief on page 100
Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI index
Azerbaijan Country Report, 2014; • Page 6 deals with the No interference of religious dogmas
Freedom of Religion or Belief 