Новости по теме religion

Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan will not allow extremists to interfere into Kazakhstan's internal affairs Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan consideres that agreement or disagreement with the new edition of Kazakhstan Religion Law is an internal affair of Kazakhstan and its citizens.

31 October 2011

Authenticity of the statements of the extremists threatening Kazakhstan with violence has to be checked If there are such threats, our law-enforcement authorities have to deal with it: Deputy chairman of Kazakhstan Agency for Religion.

28 October 2011

Valeriya Porokhova called to drive salafis out of Kazakhstan The Islam expert gave a video-conference lecture to representatives of Kazakhstan law-enforcement authorities.

28 October 2011

Extremists' threats are nonsense: Kazakhstan's Supreme mufti Absattar Hadji Derbissali called Kazakhstan residents to stay calm and to not take the threats of Djund Al-Khalifat seriously.

27 October 2011

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

27 October 2011

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

27 October 2011

Mosques and chapels will not be closed in Kazakhstan prisons Head of press-service of Correctional System Commission of Kazakhstan Interior Ministry commented on the Religion Law.

24 October 2011

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

24 October 2011

The new law does not impair the equality of religions: Chairman of the Agency for Religion According to him, Islam and Russian Orthodox Church have occupied their niches, maintaining inter-faith dialogue and channels of social interaction.

18 October 2011

Kazakhstan’s Muslim Spiritual Authority to train 30-40 imams a year 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 October 2011

Chairman of the Agency for Religion comments on the new law on religion According to him, norms regulating registration and re-registration of religion organizations will be the first to be drafted.

13 October 2011

President Nazarbayev signs law on religion 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 October 2011

Ban on prayers could encourage extremism in Kazakhstan: Tleukhan 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 October 2011

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

06 October 2011

Imams of Kazakhstan sit for an obligatory test 900 out of 2.5 thousand mosques are based in the South Kazakhstan. That's why the assessment started from the South.

05 October 2011

Supreme Mufti comments on religion law 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 October 2011

ODIHR/OSCE called Kazakhstan to review Religious Law Director of the ODIHR/OSCE Janez Lenarčič expressed his concerns about Kazkahstan law On religious activities and religious institutions.

30 September 2011

Statement of Freedom House on Religious Law tagged groundless in Kazakhstan Chairman of Kazakhstan State Agency for Religion Kairat Lama Sharif tagged the statement of Freedom House groundless.

29 September 2011

Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Agency for Religion on wearing hijabs According to him, this issue should not be raised in the legislation.

29 September 2011

Kazakhstan Parliament adopted Religious Law The document has been submitted to the President for signature.

29 September 2011