October 4, 2007 - 18:41 AMT
Azerbaijan blames U.S. and Israel for its troubles
"The Movement of Azerbaijani Intellectuals and "Azeri' public union have held round table discussions with the topic "Let us protect our morality."

Intellectuals and representatives of political, public and religious organizations were invited to take part in the debate. However, all above-mentioned failed to properly speculate on the appearance and expansion of phenomena conflicting with the national mentality and Islamic values in Azerbaijan.

Each speaker at the event felt obliged to blame the U.S. and Israel for breeding immorality in Azerbaijan.

In his opening remarks, chairman Eldaniz Guliyev said immorality has become a global problem for the country. "All say our major problem is Karabakh. In my opinion, we lost the region because of our immorality," he said.

For his part, chairman of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, Movsum Samedov said the Jews formed a Zionist state, which is a menace for Islam and Islamic countries. The United States and Israel are propagandizing deleterious moral in Azerbaijan, according to him.

"International Zionism is holding the Azeri television in its fist. Intellectuals should join for defense of Islam," said Hajiaga Nuriyev, Zerkalo Baku-based newspaper reports.