22:36, 17 March 2007

Abusers of Prophet Mohammed to be trialled in Azerbaijan

The sitting of the Sabail Court of the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, on the case of publicist Rafik Tagi and the editor of newspaper "Sanat" Samir Sadatoglu, accused of kindling religious enmity, will take place on March 19 under the chair of Judge Yusif Kerimov.

The "Caucasian Knot" has already reported that the previous court session on Tagi and Sadatoglu's case took place in the Nasiminskiy Court. However, that court had ruled that their case should be considered in the Sabail District, explaining that the editorial board of the "Sanat" newspaper, where Rafik Tagi's article "Europe and We," containing inaccurate statements about Prophet Mohammed and phrases on superiority of Christian values over Islamic one was published, is located in that very District.

Author: Zaur Rasulzade, CK correspondent