Religion of Kazakhstan-world regional geography ............................................................................................... Religion in Kazakhstan religion percent Islam 70% Christian 26% Others 3.6% According to the 2009 Census, 70% of the population is Muslim, 26.6% Christian, 0.1% Buddhists, 0.2% others (mostly Jews), and 2.8%non-believers, while 0.5% chose not to answer. According to its Constitution, Kazakhstan is a secular state. Religious freedoms were guaranteed by Article 39 of Kazakhstan’s Constitution. Article 39 clearly states: “Human rights and freedoms shall not be restricted in any way.” Article 14 prohibits “discrimination on religious basis” and Article 19 insures that everyone has the “right to determine and indicate or not to indicate his/her ethnic, party and religious affiliation.” The Constitutional Council recently affirmed these rights by ruling that a proposed law limiting the rights of certain individuals to practice their religion was declared unconstitutional. ............………………..read more world regional geography for UPSC GS Mains @ whatnext.co.in
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