Abstract
Together with the achievement of political independence, and the ensuing of spiritual, more specifically,Islamic awakening, the Republic of Kazakhstan has experienced a revival of religious education, which from thebeginning of 90s of XX century gradually became wide spread. Since 2011, Islamic education in Kazakhstan has beenput under the state control. Though there is no well-designed and formally approved concept of religious educationtoday in Kazakhstan, the situation with secular school religious studies, distinguishing it from the models existing inother countries, deserves the attention of researchers. With the objective to study this type of education in itspolitical and social context, researchers have concluded that the main impetus for the introduction of incentiveorienteddisciplines in religious schooling is not so much a desire to uncover potential consolidating, spirituallyenriching role of religions for the Kazakhstan society, their peaceful cultural essence, but the complicated ideologicalsituation in the country.