The examination of religious literature and texts is one of the main areas of work of Azerbaijan's state committee that controls religion.
Hidayat Orujov, chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, told 1news.az that in 2010, the committee had reviewed 18,052 items, of which there were 344,863 copies in the country.
"The analysis deemed 348 books inappropriate for distribution in the country, 19,178 copies of which had been brought in. In the first nine months of the current year, the committee analysed 15,051 items, of which there were 232,515 copies, and of these deemed 47 items, of which there were 5,242 copies, inappropriate for dissemination," Orujov said.
Under Azerbaijani law, any religious literature has to be approved by the state authorities before it can be distributed.
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