Küreselleşme Sürecinde Kırgızistan'da Misyoner Faaliyetleri Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Makale
Durmuş Arık, Prof. Dr.
Küreselleşme Sürecinde Kırgızistan'da Misyoner Faaliyetleri Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Dinî Araştırmalar
Dinî Araştırmalar
Dinler Tarihi
Diyalog-Misyonerlik
2003
c. 6, sy. 17
ss. 327-350
Glubalization, kyrgyzsten, religion misrionary activities.
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By the !aU of the Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz Republic became an independent state
in 1991, and i ts Constitution d elin es form of the govemment as adernocratic republic
with substantial dvil rights for i ts dtizens. The Constitution upholds it as a secular
state and the government does not supportjust one religion instead of others. The
Constitution and the law provide freedam of religion and the right of all dtizens to
choose and practice their owıı religions. In practice, the government generally respects
this right. Islam is the single most widely practiced faith in Ky'rgyzstan, meanwhile
there are other religious groups and activities as Russian Orthodox churches, different
Christian denominations, Jews and Buddhists. Alsa there are examples ofsyncretistic
religious practices anda number of missionary groups, induding groups from the
United States, different European countries, and Korea operaring freely in the country.
In March 1996, the govemment founded aS ta te Cornınission on Religious Affairs. So
that., this commission was created offidally in order to promote religious tolerance,
to protect freedam of consdence and to oversee lawson religion. This artide attempts
to point to the constitution and the laws which provide freedam of religion and of
missionary activities operaring in Kyrgyzstan, from a global po int of vi e w