The statement reads:
'I would like to congratulate you on the dear holiday for all
Muslims-Guban and ask Allah to accept all your sacrifices, prayers and
worships.
Let Allah send success to all activities of President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev for preservation of independence and prosperity of our
country.
It has been 20 years that the people of Azerbaijan live independently and mark Gurban in both our country and holy places.
Election of Azerbaijan as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security
Council gave a greater joy to the holiday. We pray to Allah to make all
our wishes true so that we could raise the flag of Azerbaijan over
Nagorno Karabakh.
I, as sheikh ul-Islam, bless the people of Azerbaijan and wish them that Allah’s attention was always on us.
May Allah accept all our sacrifices and make all our sacred wishes come true!
Amin!'.