Ilgar Ibrahimoglu

Ilgar Ibrahimoglu ( born November 5, 1973 in Baku, Azerbaijan ) is a Shiite mullahs and was cantor of the Juma Mosque in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan. His religious views helped him to involuntary entitled " Muqtada al -Sadr of Azerbaijan ".

Life

Ibrahimoglu studied Islamic theology in Qom, then he spent studying in Poland. After the presidential elections in Azerbaijan in 2003, he was imprisoned and prohibit any religious activity. Ibrahimoglu founded after his release, the DEVAMM ( "Centre for the protection of religious freedom " ), an organization which - by its own account - committed to human rights. The agenda of the DEVAMM first was the abolition of the ban on headscarves for women on Azerbaijani passports. For the Government of Azerbaijan Ibrahimoglu is " a problem " because he has the respect and the religious proximity to Iran.

Since Azerbaijan despite the Shiite majority has no Ayatollah, the " Islamic Party of Azerbaijan " was prohibited under its leader Movsum Samadov in 1995, the rank of a prayer leader ( imam ) is the highest institution for Shiites in the country. Ibrahimoglu is listed in the list of 500 most influential Muslims worldwide.