Darkhan Kaletayev visited the «Hazret Sultan» mosque
Today, April 19, 2018, the Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan Darkhan Kaletayev visited the main mosque of the country «Hazret Sultan».
During the visit, the Minister met with Supreme mufti Serikbay kazhy Oraz, naib mufti, chief imam of the mosque Nauryzbay kazhy Taganuly and naib mufti Bauyrzhan Esmakhan, who told about the work of the spiritual institution and the features of its architecture.
Darkhan Kaletayev visited prayer halls, rooms for reading the Koran and classes of educational groups, and also got acquainted with the work of the TV and radio Studio «Hikmet» at the RAKM.
After that, the Minister held a meeting with imams and clergy leaders. Darkhan Kaletayev stressed the importance of conducting effective information and explanatory work on the development of spirituality in society and called on imams to actively participate in the work to improve religious literacy of the population.
In addition, the Minister of religious affairs and civil society of Kazakhstan familiarized with the construction of a new building of the Religious Administration of Kazakhstan’s Muslims.
Construction of the Muftiate's administrative building was started in 2015. The building is located opposite the «Hazret Sultan» mosque and covers an area of about 1.2 hectares. The total area of the building is 12 thousand square meters, with separate offices, an assembly hall and a sports complex for clergy representatives. On its territory, there will be a library equipped with Christian literature and a dormitory for employees of the mufti.