Kairat lama Sharif took part in 3rd International Conference devoted to Koran in Malaysia
"A deliberate policy under the Kazakh President's guidance is pursued in the sphere of interconfessional and interethnic relations since independence of the country. For this purpose, the Agency works effectively to establish a close dialogue with religious organizations, while maintaining the principle of equality of all religions," Kairat Lama Sharif said at the meeting with Malaysia's Minister in charge of religious affairs Jamil Khir Baharom.
In turn, the Malaysian Minister informed that 62 percent of the country's population are Muslims, 20 per cent are Buddhists and 6 per cent are Hindus. In order to provide timely information to the Government of Malaysia on religious situation and make recommendations to address emerging religious issues from 2010, the country has a Committee to promote mutual understanding and harmony among religious followers in Malaysia.
During the meeting, Kairat Lama Sharif said that this year the Astana Congress of World and Traditional Religions turned 10. As part of this significant date anniversary meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress and the International Scientific and Practical Conference will be held in September 2013 in Astana. Using the opportunity, Kairat Lama Sharif invited his Malaysian counterpart to take part in these celebrations as the guests of honor. The invitation was accepted with gratitude.
In addition, the Chairman of the Agency for religious Affairs of Kazakhstan met with the head of International Islamic University of Malaysian Zaleha Kamaruddin and suggested establishing contacts with two theological Universities be signing an agreement on science cooperation.
Furthermore, the Chairman of the Agency participated in the Third Annual International Conference on the Koran.
In his speech, Kairat Lama Sharif said that "Islam as religion since its manifestations was built at easiness.
Tolerance, easiness, simplicity and charity match in Islam. With the spread of the Holy Koran in Central Asia is our land and its people have experienced the era of scientific recovery and revival heyday not only in theology but also all branches of the humanities and natural sciences. To date, there is growing number of scientific and creative works on the interpretation of the meaning of the sacred texts of the Kazakh language.