The second-largest city of Nagorno-Karabakh, one of its oldest artifacts is a 15th-century Bible. Despite its Armenian-majority population, Nagorno-Karabakh was assigned to Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Joseph Stalin. If successful, it will perch above Stepanakert, the capital city of Nagorno-Karabakh, only six miles away. Armenians, like many in the Caucasus, consider their faith and their citizenship one and the same. “If Azerbaijan became an Islamic state, the potential for religious war would increase dramatically.”The Bible, however, has been permitted among soldiers.

Source: Libya Today November 09, 2020 18:56 UTC