Kazakhstan launches islam.kz web portal

All the information on the website is published in the Kazakh language. Presentation of the informational resource was held in Astana. The event was attended by the Chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs Marat Azilhanov, the Supreme mufti Erjan Mayamerov, representatives of creative and scientific intelligentsia, professionals in the field of Islamic studies and interfaith relations, as well as teachers and students of major universities. It was noted that the informative and educational web portal has been dedicated to the teaching and explaining of the traditional Islam principles and warning people against radical trends. The project manager was a former imam of Hazrat Sultan mosque of the capital Kairat Zholdybayuly. The web portal has the following categories: "Islam and Society", "Islam and Family", "Islam and identity", "Islam and science". As noted by many experts in the field of religious studies who attended the presentation of the portal islam.kz, the new informational resource claimed to be one of the most popular in the segment.