Baku authorities on Friday stepped back on the closure of a Turkish-funded mosque after the huge reactions.
Baku officials had made a statement over the reports that Baku State University Divinity School Mosque will be closed.
However, the officials denied the closure saying that the ban on mosque is "not considered."
Generally, eight to ten thousands of people perform Friday prayers in the Faculty Mosque, but it is expected that people from other mosques in Baku will go to the mosque as a reaction today, at least 20 thousand people are expected to come together in prayer.
Azeris in Baku on Thursday said they would gather to perform Friday prayer despite the possible closure.
Faculty and Mosque began their activities in 1992. Both faculty and the mosque’s costs are covered by the Turkish Religious Foundation.
However, since the faculty opened, problems have never been finished. The faculty can accept "only 50 students per year". Although It is the only Divinity School in the country, the faculty still can not have permission to open postgraduate, doctoral programs after 17 years.
Azerbaijan had destroyed a mosque that named after Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) as well as another one in Petrol island, and shut down Sehitlik Mosque, which was built by Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs.
A mosque was built on 28 June, 1995 beside the Martyrdom cemetery erected in Baku in honour of 1130 Turkish soldiers died fighting withing "Caucasian Islam Army" against Armenian and Russian soldiers that occupied Azerbaijan in 1918.
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