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.