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The ever-increasing speed at which information spreads on the internet is giving rise to several serious challenges alongside its undeniable positive trends. This is especially clear in the increasing threat of online publications and comments that insult religious beliefs and incite discord, posing a risk of victimisation. Western researchers are conducting extensive studies on the definition and application of hate speech, its taxonomy, targeting, and prevention through artificial intelligence tools; studies grounded in the religious dimension are especially notable for highlighting the high relevance of these issues in today's complex geopolitical environment. Nevertheless, the majority of researchers argue that religion-based discord still lacks a robust cross-linguistic perspective and that there is a pressing need to study prevention and countermeasures on a regional basis. Despite diverse international practices to combat online religious discord, its proliferation shows that effective mechanisms are still lacking. Against this backdrop, the central focus of our research is to develop region and culture-specific categories of religion-based discord in the Kazakhstani context, to conduct a qualitative analysis of the issues of religious insult and the assertion of supremacy over members of other faiths, and to examine religious studies expertise conducted at the regional level as a mechanism for prevention and deterrence.
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Yerzhan, Kalmakhan and Kalybekova, Lyazzat
(2026)
"Mechanisms for Preventing Online Religious Discord: A Comparative Analysis of Kazakhstani Experience and International Models for Regulating Religious Hate Speech,"
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 46
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10
, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2883
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol46/iss10/9