Tel. By living an upright, respectful life, a human will keep his world in balance and perfect his personal Wind Horse, or spirit. It was the prevailing religion of the Turks, Mongols, Hungarians, Xiongnu and Huns, and the religion of the five ancient Turkic states: Göktürk Khaganate, Western Turkic Khaganate, Great Bulgaria, Bulgarian Empire and Eastern Tourkia (Khazaria). This page provides - Kazakhstan Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. : (+998 71) 200-96-00 This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/. Pray for believers who are falsely accused and imprisoned by the people to whom they have ministered. The Kazakhstan government is constantly working to increase its control over society, which means increased surveillance, raids on meetings and arrests. nécessaire]. There were also 1 million Germans in Kazakhstan prior to 1991. Au XIIe siècle, le soufi Ahmed Yasavi joua un rôle majeur dans le développement de l'islam dans la région. In Kazakhstan, there are followers of almost all world religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism as well as ancient polytheistic cultures and modern new religious teachings. It is illegal for non-registered churches to gather, forcing them to go underground; and any religious literature must be approved by the government. Toutes les infos pratiques sur le Kazakhstan dans notre guide à consulter avant de partir : carte, climat, population, langue, religions, gastronomie... toutes les informations sur le Kazakhstan avec Asia.fr. Les religions tendent pour certains à combler le vide idéologique laissé par la disparition du dogme communiste ; elles sont aussi un moyen d'affirmer son appartenance culturelle : le retour à l'islam constitue un élément de l'affirmation de l'identité kazakhe et la pratique du christianisme (orthodoxe ou catholique) offre un point de regroupement aux populations slaves dont le nombre ne cesse de diminuer, Union des Chrétiens Baptistes au Kazakhstan, Association internationale pour la conscience de Krishna, Fragilités d’une "autocratie éclairée" au Kazakhstan, http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/kazakhstan#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016, https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_au_Kazakhstan&oldid=172389210, Article contenant un appel à traduction en anglais, Portail:Religions et croyances/Articles liés, licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions, comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence. miles). Hindus in Kazakhstan are mainly of the ISKCON sect and by Diaspora Hindus from India. Kazakhs including other ethnic groups of Muslim background make up over 90 per cent of all Muslims. Christianity in Kazakhstan is the second most practiced religion after Islam. Ever since then, the support for the Islam grew, and efforts were made … This is due to the church members gathering without registering themselves, a requirement of the country. According to a 2009 national census, approximately 26% of the population of Kazakhstan identifies as Christian. In April 2019, a group of believers was arrested at a Kazakh airport for smuggling Christian literature into the country. Le tengrisme a disparu en laissant quelques traits, comme l’appellation Tengri concurrente d'Allah pour Dieu. There are also many Presbyterians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, and Pentecostals. [16], The Baháʼí Faith in Kazakhstan began during the policy of oppression of religion in the former Soviet Union. We use "Cookies" for better user experience. Pray believers are filled with God’s peace in the midst of this. Infoplease has everything you need to know about Kazakhstan. [5], Less than 25% of the population of Kazakhstan is Russian Orthodox, traditionally including ethnic Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians. Many confessions that were absent before independence made their way into the country, appealing to hundreds of people. Traditionally ethnic Kazakhs are Sunni Muslims who mainly follow the Hanafi school. Kazakhstan Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2019. We are glad to answer and assist, please send us your questions or queries. Religious freedom is restricted by legislation dating back to September 2011 and the Kazakhstan government is constantly working at increasing its control over the whole of society, which means increased surveillance, raids on meetings and arrests. The majority are Sunni of the Hanafi school, including ethnic Kazakhs, who constitute about 60% the population, as well as by ethnic Uzbeks, Uighurs, and Tatars. In Kazakhstan, religious freedom is restricted by legislation dating back to September 2011. and pressure from the authorities has been stepped up since 2015. All rights reserved. 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Christians have also been targeted since January 2013 for distributing religious literature on the streets or for otherwise sharing their faith. All of this has lead to Kazakhstan currently being the largest and strongest economy in central Asia. They were taken to a police station and questioned. Members of Protestant churches are particularly targeted because they are regarded as a foreign influence aiming to destroy the current political system. [6] The Eid al-Adha is recognized as a national holiday. There are few countries in the world today with such a variety of ethnic and religious groups as Kazakhstan. [26], The 2009 census yielded the following results of Kazakhstan's population by religion and ethnic group.[13]. Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Committee on Statistics, UN World Population Prospects (2019 Revision). Largest Cities in Kazakhstan # Within the Muslim population, Sunni and Hanafi, are the most practiced schools of thought, although there are also small communities of Shia and Ahmadi. At the end of July 2019, Kazakh Pastor Maximov was sentenced to five years in prison with confiscation of all the property; his wife Larisa was sentenced to four years. In Irk Bitig, Tengri is mentioned as Türük Tängrisi (God of Turks). Christians from Muslim backgrounds often keep their faith secret. In the late 1800s, thousands of people from both Ukraine and Russia were brought into to settle the land that is modern-day Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Urban Population Currently, 57.7 % of the population of Kazakhstan is urban (10,698,322 people in 2019) Population Density. Kazakhstan’s population growth rate is 1.21%. Sédentarisation et collectivisation provoquent de terribles famines (1931 et 1933) ; la culture kazakhe est en partie détruite. Il en va de même pour le judaïsme : même si une synagogue, a été récemment bâtie à Astana, les citoyens de confession juive ont en majorité émigré en Israël. The Indian community in Central Asia, which comprises Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, numbers only 2732 out of a total population of 55.5 million. ", "Religious Affairs Agency Works to Protect Freedoms, Stop Extremist Ideologies", "Historic Potential of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Kazakhstan&oldid=984633203, Articles with dead external links from June 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2007, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Library of Congress Country Studies, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 05:38. [11] Kazakhs including other ethnic groups of Muslim background make up over 90 per cent of all Muslims. Most Christian citizens are Russians, and to a lesser extent Ukrainians and Belarusians, who belong to the Russian Orthodox Church.