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40 Indonesians missing off Malaysia after boat sinks
Rescuers were searching for 40 Indonesians including women and children on Saturday after a boat carrying them home to celebrate the end of the Islamic fasting month sank off Malaysia.
04 August 2013
Elders ban women from shopping alone in northwest Pakistan
Tribal elders and Islamic clerics in northwest Pakistan have barred women from shopping in bazaars without a male relative.
21 July 2013
Militant makes jihad calls in Kazakh language
Site Intel Group has uploaded a with a militant, allegedly Kazakhstan-born, calling for jihad in Syria.
18 July 2013
Four arrested over blaze at London Islamic school
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London, police said Monday, as they stepped up patrols around Muslim sites in the capital.
11 June 2013
Strong youth support for sharia in Pakistan: survey
More than half of young Pakistanis believe democracy has not been good for their country and nearly 40 percent are in favour of having Islamic sharia rule.
03 April 2013
Over 40 Zhambyl oblast students studying abroad are adepts of Tablighi Jamaat
There are 41 adepts of the banned religious movement among 52 citizens of Zhambyl oblast of Kazakhstan who are studying in foreign theological universities.
29 March 2013
Spiritual Management of Muslims explains right to wear hijab in Kazakhstan
The Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan spoke about Muslim women' rights to wear hijabs and compliance with the country's laws.
26 March 2013
Egyptian University Nur-Mubarak renamed
Egyptian University of the Islamic Culture Nur-Mubarak in Almaty changed its name to Kazakh-Egyptian Islamic University Nur.
05 March 2013
Imam admits sexual abuse of minor in south Kazakhstan
An imam has been apprehended in suspicion of sexual violence against underage in South-Kazakhstan.
25 February 2013
Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan to start issuing fatwas by Shariah laws
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the new heads of the Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan.
22 February 2013
Fresh blood to boost Kazakhstan's Muslim community: experts
Lack of professional imams and insufficient educational work are the main problems of the Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan.
21 February 2013
New Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan elected
Yerzhan Mayamerov was elected the new Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan.
19 February 2013
OIC summit supports nuclear-free world declaration
The 12th OIC summit finished in Cairo. Kazakhstan delegation was led by Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov.
10 February 2013
Christ, Mohammed draw divisions among Bulgarian Roma
Nothing illustrates better the arrival of a new wave of Islam among Roma in Bulgaria's southern town of Pazardzhik, whose imam Ahmed Mussa is on trial for spreading radical ideology.
09 February 2013
Sharia Law raid held in the streets of London
A group of young people held a raid enforcing Sharia law in London.
22 January 2013
Passions rise in France ahead of anti gay marriage protest
Passions and tensions are rising in France ahead of an expected giant weekend rally against the government's plan to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption that has angered influential Catholic and Muslim groups.
09 January 2013
Adherence to radical Islamic movements is a way back to the Medieval times: President Nazarbayev
According to him, when sticking to Islam canons, the modern generation should pay homage to our national traditions.
14 December 2012
Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan called citizens to put doomsday out of their heads
Rumors have been spreading that we will have to face an apocalypse. People are getting scared and stocking up on food. All this is a groundless lie: Mufti.
14 December 2012
Kazakhstan to launch the first Islamic educational website
The e-ISLAM portal is being developed as instructed by Head of State following the 38th sitting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers August 15, 2011.
12 December 2012
Wearing Arabic hijabs and sending our women back to the Middle Ages is not our path: President Nazarbayev
According to him, young people wouldn’t turn to wearing hijabs out of their own choice.
19 November 2012