Taleh Bagirov
Taleh Bagirov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Taleh Kamiloğlu Bağırov 23 June 1984 |
| Other names | Taleh Baqirzade |
| Citizenship | Soviet —> Azerbaijani |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State University of Economics |
| Known for | Muslim Unity Movement |
| Children | 4 |
Taleh Bağırov (born Taleh Kamiloğlu Bağırov; 23 June 1984), also widely known as Taleh Baqirzade, is an Azerbaijani Shia Islamic scholar currently under arrest by the Government of Azerbaijan.
He has been considered one of the most influential Islamists in Azerbaijan alongside Sardar Hajjihasanli, since the banning of Movsum Samadovs Azerbaijan Islamic Party, as well as the forced exile of Tawhid Ibrahimbegli and his Hussainiyoun.
Biography
Early life
Originally from the Lahij in Ismayilli province, he eventually moved to Baku to study at Azerbaijan State University of Economics from which he graduated in 2005.[1]
Religious education
He received religious education in the city of Qom, Iran from 2005 to 2010, after which, from 2010 to 2011, he briefly continued his religious education in the city of Najaf, Iraq, being qualified as a Hujjatullah; he is a muqallid of Hossein Noori Hamedani.[2]
Conflicts with the Azerbaijani Government
Shortly after completing his religious education in Najaf and returning to Azerbaijan, he was arrested for participating in the "No to the Hijab Ban" protest at the Ministry of Education.
After being released from prison, he travelled through the country to deliver Islamic sermons. During one such a sermon, in one of the private courtyards in the city of Agsu, police did not allow him to enter the city mosque, shortly after, he was arrested again, at another protest.
Media outlets however claimed his sermons in one of the main mosques and on YouTube as the reason for his arrest. In these sermon, he emphasized that he could not be turned from preaching Islam by being arrested, or jailed. These words of his also attracted special attention from the Azerbaijani government.[3][4]
Sentencing
On November 26, 2015, he was arrested again during an operation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nardaran, which is widely considered the capital of Islamism in Azerbaijan, at which two policemen and four suspected Shia Muslim militants were killed.[5][6] On January 25, 2017, he was finally sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Judiciary of Azerbaijan, for his unrelated ties to the Iranian government, as his involvement with the incident could not be proven.[7][8] The public Ashura gatherings in Nardaran have been banned since as a consequence of the Nardaran events.[9]
See also
References
- ^ AzadlıqRadiosu (2015-07-30). "Tale Bağırzadə kimdir?". Azadlıq Radiosu (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ Qlobal.az. "Həbs edilən Taleh Bağırzadə haqqında şok fakt - NARDARANLILARI ALDADAN "HACI" YƏHUDİ İMİŞ". qlobal.az. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ Nazirliyi, Azərbaycan Respublikası Daxili İşlər (2015-11-26). "Azərbaycan Respublikası Daxili İşlər Nazirliyinin və Baş Prokurorluğunun məlumatı". mia.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Taleh Bağırov kimdir və nə istəyir?". Oxu.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Taleh Bağırovun həyat yoldaşı: "Görüşə eynəyi sınıq gəlmişdi…"". Voice of America (in Azerbaijani). 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Report - Who are the people working for Iranian regime in Azerbaijan as spies". IFMAT. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Taleh Bağırov barəsindəki məhkəmə qərarından apellyasiya şikayəti verib". Report.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Taleh Bağırov 20 il azadlıqdan məhrum edildi (YENİLƏNİB)". Trend.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2017-01-25. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "В Азербайджане запрещают различные представления в дни Ашура". Oxu.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-11-05.