On September 19, 2023, a round table was held at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies on the topic “The Halal phenomenon and the formation of environmental consciousness in secular states.”

The purpose of the round table is to reveal the meaning of the “halal” phenomenon in the interdisciplinary discourse of multicultural secular Kazakhstan, its spiritual, moral, environmental, and rational meaning.

The round table was attended by the General Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor Seidumanov Serik Turaruly; leading researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies Altaykyzy Aikerim; Head of the Department of Religious Studies and Cultural Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Kurmanalieva Ainur Durbelenkyzy; Head of the Department of Philosophy, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Candidate of Philosophy, Acting Associate Professor Kuranbek Aset Abaiuly; Atashev Aibek Askarbekuly, director of “Halal Damu” under the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan; Imammadi Tusiphan, senior lecturer at the Egyptian University of Islamic Culture "Nur-Mubarak", Natalya Lvovna Seytakhmetova, chief researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Kosichenko Anatoly Grigorievich chief researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Burova Elena Evgenievna, chief researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Satershinov Bakhytzhan Menlibekuly, chief researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Shagyrbay Almasbek Duysenbekuly, Director of the Center for Religious Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, PhD.