."There are people who want to use the faith and spiritual values of some individuals against the state."

According to AZERTAC, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board, made these remarks in an interview with Real TV.

He said that President Ilham Aliyev's attitude towards Islam and his fight against Islamophobia, both at home and abroad, are welcomed and recognised by the world. "But if someone cannot bear this, does not see it and does not want to see it, then that is a political matter."