A/59/366 7. In accordance with the rules governing her mandate, the Special Rapporteur wishes to clarify that the communications sent within the past two months are not summarized in the present report since the time limit given for answers from the States concerned has not expired. Azerbaijan 8. On 12 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent to the Government of Azerbaijan information according to which Azeri authorities had ordered Muslims in Baku to leave the Juma mosque. Mr. Nubaris Kuliev of the city administration allegedly told the mosque leaders on 15 January 2004 that the Muslim community had to leave the mosque within 15 days and hand it over to the “appropriate authorities”. It was also reported that the mosque’s imam, Ilgar Ibrahimoglu Allahverdiev, had been repeatedly detained by local authorities. 9. On 29 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent additional information on the Juma mosque. In the wake of a court decision of 1 March 2004 to expel them from their place of worship, members of the Juma mosque were allegedly warned by a court official that they would be evicted by force. 10. By letter of 9 August 2004, the Government of Azerbaijan responded that the building housing the Juma mosque had served as the State Carpet Museum between 1968 and 1992. In 1992, the building was seized by Azar Ramiz ogly Samadov and Ilqar Ibrahim ogly Allahverdiyev (Ilgar Ibrahimoglu Allahverdiev in the communication), but no application had ever been made to the Board of Muslims of the Caucasus, the body that is legally competent to authorize the use of certain buildings as a place of worship. The Board then appointed a new imam for the mosque, which does not restrict the freedom of conscience of those who worship in this mosque. 11. The Government added that, after returning from studying in the Islamic Republic of Iran, llqar Allahverdiyev engaged in activities with the “Islam Ittihad” community, made statements against the secular regime of Azerbaijan and advocated an Islamic revolution. On 2 April 2004, a court sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment for acts of violence, pogroms and destruction of property committed on 15 and 16 October 2004. The court suspended the sentence for five years. Bangladesh 12. On 15 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent to the Government of Bangladesh information according to which on 8 January 2004, the Ministry of the Interior had decided to ban “the sale, publication, distribution and possession of all books and booklets on Islam published by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh, which includes the Bengali or any other translation (with explanation) of the ‘Quran Majid’”. The reason allegedly invoked for this decision was that these publications contain “objectionable materials ... which hurt or might hurt the sentiments of the majority Muslim population of Bangladesh”, but reports indicate that the decision was taken in the context of an intensifying campaign by certain religious groups demanding the enactment of a law declaring the Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims. The Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh had also reportedly been subjected to repeated assaults on its mosques and on individual members. 4