Naib-imam of the mosque named after Mashkhur Zhusup Zholdas Bertymuratov during the week lectures at S.Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, which are aimed at increasing religious literacy among young people and preventing terrorism and extremism.

The meeting was initiated by a department on educational work and social issues.

In his speech, Zholdas Bertymuratov noted the importance of joint efforts to prevent the manipulation of religion and the interchange of accumulated experience in countering extremist ideologies.

“Kazakhstan is a multinational and multifaith country with various religious associations, including Muslim mosques, Orthodox churches, Catholic churches and Protestant houses of prayer. And the issue of religious illiteracy affects the general spiritual health of the nation, the preservation of such basic institutions as the family and civil society”, he added.