Аbout the religious situation in the Aktobe region
Currently, the religious situation in the region is stable. All registered religious associations and branches of the region operate in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
To date, 93 religious associations and branches have been registered in the region. Of these, 68 are branches of the DUMK, 9 are Orthodox, 2 are Catholic, 13 are Protestant, and 1 is the Aktobe society for Krishna Consciousness.
Religious associations have 85 religious buildings (68 mosques, 6 Orthodox churches, 9 Protestant churches, and 2 Catholic churches).
111 clerics (imams, Naib-imams, muezzins, mullahs, ustazs)with higher and secondary special religious education (madrassas), as well as training courses serve in 68 mosques of the DUMK.74% of them have higher and secondary special theological education. (Every year the share of imams with higher and secondary special education is growing in 2019-73%, 2018-67%, 2017-44%).
In order to solve the problems of religious personnel in the region, some work is being done.
In compliance with the restrictions imposed due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection in the country, awareness-raising activities have been continuing among the population since March this year in the Online format. In social networks, 523 live broadcasts were held with coverage of 49 thousand people.
All of the above measures are aimed at improving religious literacy of the region's population and preventing destructive trends.
In order to form the main directions of state policy in the religious sphere, 13,552 counter-propaganda information materials were published on mass media and Internet resources during the reporting period.