Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations has been granted new powers in accordance with the decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on 15 February 2018 to make amendments to the Regulations on the committee.
The State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations was given the authority to permit the exchange of students, teachers, religious figures and specialists of religious educational institutions. In addition, the State Committee, on the basis of an appeal from the Caucasian Muslims Office, gives permission for Azerbaijani citizens, who received religious education abroad, to conduct religious rites.