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“Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Baku, Azerbaijan” by Yasser Alaa Mobarak, AFIAP, AICS is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This article by Ismi Aghayev was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. On October 25, Ahliman Rustamov, a theologian and former prayer leader of the Haji Javad Mosque in Baku, was detained by the State Security Services. Rustamov is the latest Shia figure targeted by the authorities in an apparent roundup of prominent Shia figures in the country. Rustamov was released after questioning. In an interview with OC Media, Ru…