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    THE ISLAMIC FACTOR GAINING STRENGTH IN AZERBAIJAN
    Sona Hakobyan

    "Radiolur"
    03.03.2011 17:38

    The Wall Street Journal has recently published the Revolting Index of
    85 countries, where our neighbor Azerbaijan ranks 10th, while Armenia
    is not included in the list.

    Director of the Noravank Foundation Gagik Harutyunyan considers
    that this is just a technical issue, while Director of the Oriental
    Studies Institute Ruben Safrastyan says Armenia was left out of the
    list intentionally.

    According to Safrastyan, Azerbaijan appeared in the top ten, since
    besides the political and social problems, the Islamic factor is also
    gaining strength there with the support of radicalist forces financed
    from the abroad.

    Safrastyan notes that there is nothing of the kind in Armenia.

    According to him, the pro-Russian policy of Azerbaijani authorities
    over the past few years has also played a role here.

    The foreign policy of Armenia is clearer and more predictable than
    that of Georgia and Azerbaijan, he stated, adding that the subjective
    factors should not be ignored, either.




    From: A. Papazian
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