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The Islam expert gave a video-conference lecture to representatives of Kazakhstan law-enforcement authorities.

• 28 октября 2011, 11:59

Absattar Hadji Derbissali called Kazakhstan residents to stay calm and to not take the threats of Djund Al-Khalifat seriously.

• 27 октября 2011, 14:32

Islamic group Djund Al-Khalifat threatened Kazakhstan with violence in case the authorities do not cancel the Law on Religion.

• 27 октября 2011, 13:11

Islam expert Valeriya Porokhova does not oppose closure of prayer rooms in Kazakhstan's public offices and explains that Islam allows combining prayers.

• 27 октября 2011, 10:49

Head of press-service of Correctional System Commission of Kazakhstan Interior Ministry commented on the Religion Law.

• 24 октября 2011, 19:26

Kazakhstan prisons will start closing down mosques, chapels and prayer rooms on October 25.

• 24 октября 2011, 10:45

According to him, Islam and Russian Orthodox Church have occupied their niches, maintaining inter-faith dialogue and channels of social interaction.

• 18 октября 2011, 15:38

Should mosques be filled with qualified imams, the population at large will be listening to them and there will be no room for misleading teachings: Supreme Mufti.

• 17 октября 2011, 10:51

According to him, norms regulating registration and re-registration of religion organizations will be the first to be drafted.

• 13 октября 2011, 15:01

The new law adopted by the national Parliament September 29 introduces obligatory re-registration of all religion organizations and prohibits administering any religion rites without due state registration.

• 13 октября 2011, 14:31

Tleukhan assumes that the provision of the new law prohibiting prayers in public offices is out of sync with a number of international documents.

• 07 октября 2011, 13:31

Kazakhstan residents will be able to watch Islamic TV channel Assyl Arna as a part of the nationwide TV network.

• 06 октября 2011, 11:21

900 out of 2.5 thousand mosques are based in the South Kazakhstan. That's why the assessment started from the South.

• 05 октября 2011, 21:03

September 29 Kazakhstan’s Parliament adopted a new law on religion that among other things introduces ban on prayer rooms in public bodies, education and healthcare facilities, military units.

• 01 октября 2011, 23:25

Director of the ODIHR/OSCE Janez Lenarčič expressed his concerns about Kazkahstan law On religious activities and religious institutions.

• 30 сентября 2011, 18:16

Chairman of Kazakhstan State Agency for Religion Kairat Lama Sharif tagged the statement of Freedom House groundless.

• 29 сентября 2011, 17:49

According to him, this issue should not be raised in the legislation.

• 29 сентября 2011, 16:38

The document has been submitted to the President for signature.

• 29 сентября 2011, 15:00

Kairat Lama Sharif gave a special explanation of the “secular state” term during discussion of the draft law On religious activities and religious institutions in the Senate.

• 29 сентября 2011, 14:55

Draft Religious Law will “grossly curb Kazakhstani citizens’ right to freely practice and express their faith": Freedom House.

• 28 сентября 2011, 18:18