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Kairat Lama Sharif, Chairman of the Agency for Religion. flickr.com 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
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©RIA Novosti 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
Photo courtesy of oraza.info 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 Absattar Hkadzhi Derbessali. © Yaroslav Radlovsky 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
Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič. vesti.kz stock photo. ODIHR/OSCE called Kazakhstan to review Religious Law Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič is concerned about Kazkahstan law
30 September 2011
vesti.kz stock photo 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
©RIA Novosti/Maksim Bogodvid 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
©Ria Novosti/Valeriy Melnikov Kazakhstan Parliament adopted Religious Law The document has been submitted to the President for signature.
29 September 2011
Chairman of Kazakhstan State Agency for Religion Kairat Lama Sharif. Photo courtesy of flickr.com Kairat Lama Sharif explained the "secular state" term 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 September 2011
vesti.kz stock photo American human rights organization called Kazakhstan Senate to reject Religious Law Draft Religious Law will “grossly curb Kazakhstani citizens’ right to freely practice and express their faith": Freedom House.
28 September 2011
Aidos Sarym. ©Yaroslav Radlovskiy Kazakhstan society is called to independently counter extremism The 20-year-old generation of independence has grown up; they are more radical from the political point of view.
28 September 2011
Special operation in Aktobe. Tengrinews.kz stock photo New Religions Law not related to events in Aktobe and Atyrau: Head of Religions Agency It is not related to the latest events in Aktobe and Atyrau oblasts: Lama Sharif.
23 September 2011
Lama Sharif Kairat Kayirbekuly. Photo courtesy of dxb.ru Kazakhstan to introduce annual re-registration for foreign religious missionaries According to Lama Sharif, as of today there are over 300 foreign missionaries registered in Kazakhstan.
21 September 2011
MP Kamal Burkhanov talked against arabisation of Kazakhstan Kamal Burkhanov shared his views on religion during a discussion of the draft law On religious activities and religious institutions in Majilis.
19 September 2011
Photo courtesy of bar-guzin.com Saudi Arabia reproaches Kazakhstan for small number of pilgrims We do not have enough people to fill in our Hajj quota and always hear different reproaches and are being blamed by the Ministry of Hajj of Saudi Arabia: Kairat Lama Sharif.
10 September 2011
Almaty Akim Akhmetzhan Yessimov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Yessimov called NGOs to counter spread of religious extremism Akim of Almaty called NGOs to support government's efforts in countering spread of religious extremism.
09 September 2011
Praying in public offices may be banned in Kazakhstan Chairman of Kazakhstan Agency for Religion Kairat Lama Sharif confirmed that the new religious law imposes fines for praying in public offices.
09 September 2011

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