The Aktobe City Court has ruled that Talgat Kyrkymbai who was fired for having a beard must be allowed to return to work…This was the first time a lawsuit had been filed in Kazakhstan for workplace discrimination related to religious beliefs. Kyrkymbai had been employed…at the Oktyabrskneft oil and gas production division of China's CNPC-Aktobemunaigaz… Kyrkymbai filed a lawsuit that reinstated him in the job and obtained the wages he was due from the time he was sacked…[A]ccording to...[the] director of the women's madrassa Bereket in Almaty, Muslim women who wear headscarves have difficulty finding jobs…