Allahshukur Hummat Pashazade (born 26 August 1949) is the

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of the

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which includes the

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, the

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, and

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, and

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in the

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. He is also the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus.

Biography

Pashazade was born in Cil,

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(today the

) on August 26, 1949, and is of

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descent. He got his primary religious education in the city of

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. In 1968 he went to the Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist Republic (today the independent

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) where he entered the

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and later relocated to

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where he finished his religious education in Tashkent State University in 1975. He returned to Azerbaijan in 1975 and became the acting secretary of the Caucasian Muslims Office, and

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and deputy chief of the

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in the Azerbaijani capital

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. In 1980 he was elected chairman of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of

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and became Sheikh ul-Islam. After the collapse and

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and independence of Azerbaijan, in 1992, he was elected chairman of the Supreme Religious Board of Caucasian peoples of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Adygea. Pashazade is a member of the Management Board of

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and the Management Board of Eurasia Islamic Council, among a number of other international organizations. He was elected co-chair of CIS Interreligious Council in 2004. On November 21, 2009, he was included in a book called ''500 Most Influential Muslims of World''.Президент Азербайджана вошел в книгу "500 самых влиятельных мусульман мира"

Honors, awards, and decorations

In 1986, he was elected a member of Royal Academy of Jordan. * “ Lenin Order of Friendship Among the Peoples” (1988,

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) * “ Al-elm va amal” Order (1992,

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) * “Order of Glory” (1994, Egypt) * “ First Rank Order of Independence” (1999,

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) * “ Order of St. Vladimir, First class” (2001,

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) * “

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” (2009,

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)

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Biography in Russian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pashazadeh, Allahshukur 1949 births Living people Azerbaijani Shia clerics Azerbaijani Shia Muslims Islam in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani religious leaders Recipients of the Istiglal Order Recipients of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia) Azerbaijani people of Talysh descent National University of Uzbekistan alumni Talysh people Shaykh al-Islams of the Religious Council of the Caucasus

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