• 1. About religious associations in Kazakhstan

3816 religious entities representing 18 faiths are registered in the country: 2680 – Islamic, 342 – Orthodox, 86 – Catholic, 595 – Protestant, 60 - Jehovah's Witnesses, 24 - New Apostolic Church, 11 - Krishna Consciousness Society, 7 - Jewish, 6 - Bahai, 2 - Buddhism, 2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last days (Mormons), 1 – Unification Movement.

There are 3585 religious buildings in the country: 2678 - mosques, 301 - Orthodox churches and 108 - Catholic churches, 406 - Protestant prayer houses, 57 - prayer houses of Jehovah's Witnesses, 24 - prayer houses of the New Apostolic Church, 6 - synagogues, 2 - prayer houses of Bahai, 2 - prayer houses of Krishna Consciousness Society , 1 - Buddhist temple.

• 2. About missionaries in Kazakhstan

581 missionaries are officially registered in Kazakhstan: 438 are foreign citizens, 143 are citizens of Kazakhstan.

In terms of faiths:

Catholics - 264, Orthodox - 82, Pentecostal Church - 47, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) - 43, New Apostolic Church - 36, Krishna Consciousness Society - 32, Presbyterian Church - 29, Baptists - 17, Seventh-day Adventists - 15 , Islam - 6, Judaism - 4, Lutherans - 3, Jehovah's Witnesses - 2, Buddhists - 1.

• 3. About administrative offenses in the religious sphere

According to the information provided by local authorities in the sphere of religion, in the 1^st quarter of 2020 there were 64 administrative offenses in the sphere of religious activity, including 29 cases of law enforcement agencies under articles 453 and 489 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

• 4. About the work of awareness-raising groups in the regions of Kazakhstan

Religious Affairs Committee in cooperation with akimats of regions, Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Shymkent cities, coordinates activities of regional awareness-raising groups on religious issues (hereafter – ARG). There are 224 regional ARG, totaling 2393 people.

According to the reports of regional religious affairs departments, in the 1^st quarter of 2020, members of regional ARG conducted 2732 events of various kinds covering 264 093 people. These events were also organized among the youth, among which there 612 events covering 35 222 people were held.

The activities of ARG is focused, first of all, on the target groups of population, such as the youth, believers, unemployed, convicts and members of their families, employees of private enterprises, trade, services, etc.

• 5. About rehabilitation of adherents of destructive and radical religious ideology, including in penitentiary facilities.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1,625 events were organized with the participation of 3,513 convicts in prisons. Of these, 1149 individual meetings were held with the participation of 506 people and 476 general preventive events with the participation of 2988 people. As a result of this work, 165 convicts were rehabilitated.

One of the tools of preventive work with representatives of female zhamagats is providing them with social support. In the 1^st quarter of 2020, local authorities provided social and financial help to 219 women for a total sum of 4 323 412 tenge. They were also assisted in other ways, including through provision of food, necessary clothing, assistance with paperwork, children’s schooling, finding employment, trainings in new specializations and skills, etc.

• 6. About religious expert examination in Kazakhstan

In the 1^st quarter of 2020, religious expert examination of 624 objects of literature, goods, and information materials was conducted. Out of them, 14 received a negative and 507 received a positive examination report. 45 materials were of non-religious content, 58 materials were in a foreign language.

In the 1^st quarter of 2020, Committee analyzed the content of more than 654 internet resources, out of which 431 resources were identified as containing materials of illegal nature. Negative expert opinions were forwarded to the Information Committee for blocking.

• 7. About theological educational institutions in Kazakhstan

As of 1^st quarter of 2020, there are 13 theological educational institutions in the country. The total number of students in them is 3381.

Islamic – 11 (1 – Nur-Mubarak University, 5 medrese-colleges, 4 – medrese, 1 – Islamic Institute for Advanced Studies of Imams under the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan).

Christian – 2 (Almaty Orthodox Spiritual Seminary and Inter-diocesan Higher Theological Seminary "Mary - Mother of the Church" in Karaganda).