Tag: Shia

Armenia Creates a Muslim Muftiate and Names Imam Trained in Iran to Head It

May 15, 2015

Staunton, May 14 – In a step that might seem absurd given the composition of Armenia’s population but that appears likely to send shockwaves through the Caucasus and perhaps further, the Assembly of Muslims of Armenia has created the position of mufti for the republic and named Arsen Safaryan, a graduate of an Iranian seminary […]