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Kazakhstan authorities on May 25, 2026, forcibly transferred a defrocked Russian Orthodox priest, Yakov Vorontsov, to a psychiatric facility outside Almaty, Human Rights Watch said today. A Kazakhstan ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Religion: Is Anyone Listening to Pope Francis’ Call for Interreligious Dialogue? Kazakhstan Is
The Holy Father’s vision of global solidarity and interreligious fraternity has found a foothold in this predominantly Muslim Central Asian nation. The Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Religion: K-Culture Makes Waves at Global Religious Summit in Kazakhstan
The 8th World Traditional Religious Leaders Conference, where global religious leaders gathered in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to discuss how to establish world peace, was held from the 17th to ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Religion: Islamist group threatens Kazakhstan over religion law
ALMATY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A previously unknown Islamist group has threatened ex-Soviet Kazakhstan with violence unless it abolishes a new law that bans prayer rooms in state buildings in the mainly ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Religion: Pope urged to avoid ‘supermarket of religions’ in Kazakhstan
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Pope Francis ...
News Kazakhstan » West Kasakhstan » Religion: How Kazakhstan’s SCO Chairmanship Has Navigated East-West Tensions
Expanding membership risks a loss of focus for the organization, but Kazakhstan has pursued a vision that could be more enduring. Last week, leaders of Eurasian nations gathered at the Independence ...