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Former Kazakhstan's Supreme Mufti appointed Director of Oriental Studies Institute Absattar hajji Derbissali has been appointed Director of Suleimenov Oriental Studies Institute.

26 February 2013

Pope accelerated LatAm church's right turn: analysts Benedict XVI's legacy in Latin America, the world's most Catholic region, is marked by a victory of conservative theology and the demise of home-grown leftist religious thought.

26 February 2013

Kazakhstan Religious Affairs Agency to receives 1 billion tenge in 2013 The Agency's budget for 2013 grew 1.5-fold comparing to 2012: executive secretary.

26 February 2013

Historic week looms for Vatican with papal resignation Pope Benedict XVI's final Sunday prayers in St Peter's Square will signal the start of a week in the Vatican that will make history with the first voluntary papal resignation in more than 700 years.

22 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

24 radical Salafi Jamaats discovered in Kazakhstan There are currently 24 radical Salafi Jamaats with the total number of 495 members in Kazakhstan: National Security Commission.

22 February 2013

Vatican's popeless interim -- the 'Sede Vacante' After the pope's resignation on Thursday the Catholic Church will enter a period known as "Sede Vacante" ("Vacant Seat") in which a cardinal takes over interim powers before a new pope is elected.

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

Outgoing pope prepares for monk's life in Vatican Pope Benedict XVI, who has announced he will resign on February 28, will retire to a monastery tucked away inside the historic walls of the Holy See: so once the new pope is elected.

12 February 2013

22 reported dead as stampede mars India's Ganges festival At least 22 people died in a stampede as pilgrims headed home from India's giant Kumbh Mela festival, which drew a record 30 million people to the banks of the river Ganges.

11 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

New Anglican leader says job application was 'joke' The incoming leader of the world's Anglicans said his application to become the Archbishop of Canterbury was "a joke" and he was "just a very, very ordinary Christian".

31 January 2013

Believers will control finances of Kazakhstan's religious unions Revision commissions made up of members of the parish will take control over the money received by religious unions.

28 January 2013

Pilgrims flock to the Ganges for world's biggest festival Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims led by naked ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.

14 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

Church of England to allow gay bishops in civil partnerships The Church of England has dropped its opposition to gay clergymen in civil partnerships becoming bishops, provided the men concerned promise to remain celibate.

05 January 2013

Kazakhstan to have 3 days off for Orthodox Christmas Religious holidays Kurban-ait and Orthodox Christmas are not considered official holidays, but are days off in Kazakhstan.

04 January 2013

In Xmas mass, Holy Land patriarch urges peace efforts Addressing the faithful in his Christmas Eve midnight mass in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal urged "men of good will" to seek peace amid "the sufferings in the Middle East."

25 December 2012

Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born.

25 December 2012

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