Kazakhstan

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 5, 2025 ( 1 Comment )

“𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢” – 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘊𝘓 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Нурым Тайбек 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 22 March 2025 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: University College London 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: “𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢” – 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘊𝘓 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 A thought-provoking event took place at University College London on 22 March, bringing together […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 2, 2023 ( Leave a comment )

Macron Says “Hate The Debate” On Value Of Jewish Versus Palestinian Lives

“You have to attack and punish the terrorist groups but civilians are not the ones to attack.” French President Emmanuel Macron said. World NewsAgence France-PresseUpdated: November 01, 2023 7:24 pm […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 23, 2023 ( 1 Comment )

Evolution of Islam in Kazakhstan: How Modern Kazakh Muslims Balance Their Religious Identity, the Soviet Legacy and National Traditions

BY AIBARSHYN AKHMETKALI in CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS, SOCIETY on 15 AUGUST 2022 Editor’s Note: In the run-up to the seventh Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions to be held […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 23, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

Central Asia’s bidding war for Russian emigrants

Oct 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Djoomart Otorbaev BISHKEK — Bishkek’s residents have been confronted with an unusual sight these past few weeks: the streets of Kyrgyzstan’s capital teeming with […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 14, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

Erdoğan, Putin meet in Kazakhstan’s Astana, discuss bilateral relations, grain exports

BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL OCT 13, 2022 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 16, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

Declaration Of VII Congress Of the Leaders Of World And Traditional Religions

in CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS, INTERNATIONAL on 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 We, the participants of the VII Congress – spiritual leaders of world and traditional religions, politicians, heads of international organizations, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 16, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

Pope Francis joins religious conference in Kazakhstan

COMMENTS By Euronews • Updated: 15/09/2022 – 15:57 Pope Francis attends the interfaith conference on his three-day visit of Kazakhstan – Copyright AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko The seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions is taking place […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on August 20, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

Ata Zholy: Crackdown on a Kazakh Islamic Religious Movement in Russia

08/16/2022MASSIMO INTROVIGNEA+ | A- Falsely qualified as “pagan” by anti-cultists, the group was born from popular Islam and mediums who claimed to channel Sufi saints. by Massimo Introvigne After Allya Ayat, another new […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 13, 2022 ( Leave a comment )

What the political reform in Kazakhstan would really mean

Jun 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Kazakhstan took a very important step towards political reform last week after approving constitutional amendments laid out by an absolute majority […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on July 22, 2021 ( Leave a comment )

Will Central Asia Become ‘Stans’ for Religious Freedom?

Kazakhstan pledges improvements at 2021 IRF Summit in Washington DC, following footsteps of neighboring Uzbekistan.JAYSON CASPER, AND RAFAEL BALGIN IN ALMATY|JULY 16, 2021 10:12 AM Image: NutexzlesThe Palace of Peace […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on March 7, 2019 ( Leave a comment )

Kazakhstan comes to the rescue of its nationals caught in a crackdown on Muslims in China

An ethnic Uighur man talks on the phone in front of the Id Kah Mosque in the old town of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, March 22. […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on August 3, 2018 ( Leave a comment )

Kazakh court frees woman who fled China over camp work – report

Reuters International This content was published on August 1, 2018 ALMATY (Reuters) – A court in Kazakhstan on Wednesday freed a former Chinese re-education camp worker who had fled China […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Kazakhstan lifts visa requirements to boost tourism, investment

By AFP Published Tuesday, January 03, 2017 Kazakhstan said Tuesday it had lifted visa requirements for citizens of the European Union, OECD countries and a number of other states in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 25, 2017 ( 2 Comments )

Foreign powers back Syria truce deal, war erupts among rebels

By Reuters – Jan 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Residents walk through the destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighbourhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, on Friday (AP photo by Hassan Ammar) ASTANA — Russia and regional powers Turkey and Iran backed a shaky truce between Syria’s warring parties […]

By Zubair Khan on January 23, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

War of words as peace talks open in Astana

Source: BBC The Syrian government’s lead negotiator has denounced what he called his rebel counterpart’s “provocative” comments at the start of peace talks in Astana. Bashar Jaafari said Mohammed Alloush had acted in a way “removed from diplomacy” at the indirect negotiations convened by Russia, Iran and Turkey. Mr Alloush […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 28, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

How the middle of nowhere could become a major trade corridor

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT How the middle of nowhere could become a major trade corridor Lisa Kaestner and Wolfgang FenglerFriday, September 23, 2016 The middle of nowhere actually exists. If you look for the place that is furthest away from any ocean in the entire world, you will find yourself in in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 7, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Alan Kurdi symbolised an army of dead children. We ignore them at our peril

One year on, has the world learned the lesson of the three-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 1 September 2016 The body of Aylan Kurdi has gone beyond the ‘iconic’. Being small and dressed like a little European boy, and being white rather than brown-skinned, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 19, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

For a world without wars in the 21st century

Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – By Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Humanity hoped that the 21st century would herald a new era of global cooperation. This, however, may turn […]

By Dr. Abdul Alim on June 13, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Tolerant Islam should be protected

theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Kazakhstan is at a decisive moment between a Soviet atheist past and an increasingly Islamic future United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon and Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Fifth Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan. It might feel […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 11, 2015 ( 2 Comments )

Peace, terrorism, tolerance take centre-stage at religious congress

Astana, June 11 (IANS) — The words terrorism, peace and tolerance reverberated throughout the final day of the two-day Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions that was held at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in this Kazakhstan capital Astana. King Abdullah II of Jordan opened the last […]

1 2 3 Older ›

The Muslim Times

Fostering Universal Brotherhood in Our Global Village