An online seminar for regional specialists in the field of religion was held within the framework of the Smart Media project

Today, April 7, as part of the long-term Smart Media project, an online seminar was held for regional experts in the field of religion to counter the spread of radical and destructive religious content on the Internet.

Let us remind you that “Smart Media” is a project initiated by the Committee on Religious Affairs in order to train media-literate practitioners with a set of skills and abilities to effectively work on the Internet.

The seminar was attended by the leadership of the Committee on Religious Affairs and specialists from the regional Departments for Religious Affairs and the Centers for Research on Religious Issues.

The aim of the seminar was to explain new approaches to preventing and countering the spread of the ideology of destructive religious movements among Kazakhstani Internet users. New tools of outreach work with target categories of citizens most at risk of being drawn into a radical environment were presented. Much attention was paid to increasing the legal, religious and media literacy of the population.

A productive discussion of the mechanisms of work took place, experts expressed their ideas and proposals for improving activities in this direction.

Summing up the results of the seminar, the representative of the Committee on Religious Affairs Zh. Doliev emphasized the importance of strengthening preventive work on the Internet, especially at a time when the world wide web has become not only an integral aspect of people's lives, but also a platform for promoting religious extremism and terrorism.