In Kazakhstan the number of terrorism-related offences increased by 60 %

Thus, the number of crimes related to terrorism and extremism compared with the same period of the last year increased by 61.3%. The major part of terrorism and extremism related offences refers to the cases of social, national, ethnic, racial or religious hatred (article 164 of the Criminal Code). As shown by forensic investigative practice of the period of 2012-2014, thanks to ongoing preventive work adherents of radical religious movements understand the fallacy of their earlier views and return to the mainstream of traditional religion. National security agencies of Aktobe foiled illegal activities of radical groups, promoting ideas of terrorism and religious hatred. The agencies' offices involved theologians who in the course of repeated individual interviews explained the religious ideas of armed jihad. As a result, the most active radical N.Salafit refused radical beliefs and joined the traditional Hanafi madhhab. According to the agency, many people convicted of terrorist and extremist crimes look back while in prison.