Kazakhstan numbers 4,551 religious associations

TANA. September 29. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ "Kazakhstan registered 4,551 religious associations so far, out of which about 3,000 are Islamic, chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Lama Shariff told today the Senate plenary meeting.

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Back to 1991 the country numbered only 671 religious associations.