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Azerbaijani religious monuments in Shusha (including Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque) was either destroyed or are left in disrepair.[1]

After Shusha was captured in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,[2] according to Armenian commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, the city was looted and burnt by Armenian citizens from nearby Stepanakert, who had endured months of bombing and shelling from Azerbaijani forces. He also noted it was part of a Karabakh Armenian superstition of burning houses to prevent the enemy from returning.[3] As of 2002, ten years later after the city's capture by the Armenian forces, some 80% of the town was in ruins.[4] Armenians also dismantled and sold off historic dark bronze busts of three Azerbaijani musicians and poets from Shusha.[5]

OIC Resolution 10/11 stated the concern of the member states over "any looting and destruction of the archeological, cultural and religious monuments in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" (including Islamic monuments).[6][7] The third part of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Resolution 10/37 expressed concern over Armenian aggression on the Islamic heritage such as mosques, mausoleums, graves, archaeological excavations, museums, libraries, art exhibition halls, and government theatres and conservatories, recognized these acts as an attempt to totally annihilate Islamic heritage in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and asserted Azerbaijan's entitlement to "adequate compensation for the damages it has sustained" and affirmed the Republic of Armenia's responsibility to pay up full compensation for such damages.[8][9]

OSCE fact-finding mission found the Fuzuli city in ruins in 2005.[10] Agdam city was destroyed in and after Armenian attack. Armenians searched the ruins for anything useful even after destruction.[11] After the end of 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it has been found out that not only houses, but graveyards were destroyed by Armenian side. Pictures of a mosque in Alkhanli village that had been turned into a cowshed, caused outrage in Azerbaijani side. Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture also noted alterations to the Shahbulaq fortress in Aghdam.[12]

In late 2020, both Armenia and Azerbaijan filed cases against each other related to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Armenia v. Azerbaijan as well as Azerbaijan v. Armenia. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights is to consider both cases.[13] In Azerbaijan v. Armenia case, Azerbaijani side claims that Azerbaijani sites including mosques, libraries, historical monuments were destroyed by Armenian side until 2020. It includes Shusha cemeteries and 65 mosques (or Islamic shrines) out of 67. Remaining two mosques were damaged.[14]

Karabagh Armenians restored Shuhsa's two mosques. But it became another controversy because of the fact that they were presented as "Iranian" or "Persian" when in fact Turkic-speaking Shiite founders of these religious sites were related more to modern Azerbaijanis.[12]

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Site Azerbaijani side claims Third party views
Sheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum It was heavily damaged by the Armenian Armed Forces on 29 September, 2020, during the clashes with Azerbaijan.[15][third-party source needed]
Azerbaijani graves in Jabrayil Several ambassadors who visited the ruined city in February 2021 expressed their shock at the state of the city[16] and added that a number of graves had been defaced or dug up.[17] A BBC report noted that the homes and graves of Azerbaijanis had been completely destroyed during the Armenian occupation[18]
Shikh Baba Mausoleum The Shikh Baba Mausoleum in the Shykhlar village of the Jabrayil District, which was liberated after 27 years, has not been demolished, although it is in a neglected condition.[19][third-party source needed]
Agdam Mosque Associated Press reported that the Agdam Mosque was the only structurally intact building in the city, and that Armenians vandalized it with graffiti and used it as a stable for cattle and swine for years.[20][21]
Graves in the Martyr’s Alley in the Aghdam district Graves were excavated in order to find construction material and gold teeth.[22]
Grave and commemorative complex of Natavan Hurshudbani Vandalized and partly destroyed.[22]
Azerbaijani graves in Kalbajar According to Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's senior crisis adviser, who traveled to Kalbajar soon after it was returned to Azerbaijan's control, "during 27 years of occupation all was looted – not a door, nor a window, not a single roof tile was left in the houses of the Azerbaijanis who had to flee in 1993".[23][better source needed] She also reported observing in the cemetery of Kalbajar smashed graves "of Azerbaijanis who were buried here before the 1993 Armenian occupation. Some graves were freshly smashed, seemingly by Armenians who left the area last week after 27 years of occupation".[24][better source needed]
Sari Ashig memorial Museum Destroyed and plundered.[14][third-party source needed]
Istisu resort During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, after the occupation of Kalbajar by Armenian forces in 1993, the resort was completely destroyed.[25][full citation needed]
House of Khurshidbanu Natavan (museum) According to the Azerbaijani officials, the Armenian forces destroyed and looted hundreds of paintings, carpets, miniatures, souvenirs and archaeological samples collected in the museum.[26][third-party source needed]
House-Museum of Bulbul (Shusha) The museum was closed following the capture of Shusha by Armenian forces in 1992.[27] It has since been vandalized and the bust of Bulbul in front of the museum has been destroyed.[28][third-party source needed]
Vagif Mausoleum Azerbaijani state media has claimed that the mausoleum has been vandalized by Armenian forces following the capture of Shusha in 1992.[29] The state of the mausoleum steadily deteriorated during the Armenian control over the town from 1992 to 2020.[30][third-party source needed]
Mamar Mosque Azerbaijan's presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev posted footage of the mosque and wrote on Twitter that during Armenia's occupation, the mosque was "transformed into a pigsty", calling on UNESCO, ICESCO, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to condemn and take action against Armenia.[31][32][33] The General Secretariat of the OIC expressed concern about the "condition of historical monuments in and around Nagorno-Karabakh that are an integral part of Islamic heritage", criticizing the "misappropriation and falsification of history" and the "deliberate destruction and looting of material and spiritual artifacts" with regard to the destroyed Mamar Mosque.[34]
Giyasly village Mosque The photojournalist Reza Deghati, who visited Aghdam shortly after it, noted that before leaving the region, the Armenians set the mosque in Giyasly on fire.[35][unreliable source?]

The Kommersant correspondent Kirill Krivosheev, who also visited the village, noted that there were piles of hay in the village mosque, and a corral was made nearby.[36]

Qochehmedli mosque According to the Deputy Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan, “as a result of the Armenian occupation, the village mosque was partially destroyed and was used by the Armenians as a barn”.[37][third-party source needed]
Azerbaijani religious monuments in Shusha (including Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque) Either destroyed or are left in disrepair.[1]
Imamzadeh of Ganja Damaged as result of Armenian shelling in 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.[14][third-party source needed]
Ganja Men's Gymnasium Damaged as result of Armenian shelling in 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.[14][third-party source needed]

References

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