Secularism in Azerbaijan

The remaining four percent of the population consists of atheists, Armenian Apostolics, Baha’is, Catholics, Georgian Orthodox, members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Molokans, Protestants, and Russian Orthodox.

[1] On December 29, 2023, the State Department placed Azerbaijan on its Special Watch List for severe vioations of religious freedom.

[2] Clerics that act in ways objectionable to the state face dismissal and arrest.

[3] The recent invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023 lead to a large scale exodus of Armenian Christians to Armenia.

[4] In 2024, the US government added Azerbaijan to a watchlist of religious freedom following the Azerbaijani invasion of Armenian enclave.