The relevance of studying the problems of religious radicalism in Kazakhstan

Abstract

This article deals with the threat of religious radicalism today. Particularly, focuses on the spread of radicalism of false religious movements in the territory of Kazakhstan in the early years of independence, after our country proclaimed itself a secular state, on the influence on people’s minds, its negative impact on the country’s integrity, and the origin of radical groups. It analyzes the reasons of the propaganda and spread of the ideology of Islamic radical groups. Also, it provides an analysis of a terrible event known as Bloody January that happened in Kazakhstan last year; and discusses the reasons why radicalization based on Salafi Jihadist ideology often spreads among marginalized young people, and the causes they follow extremist movements.