Yersin Amre

Yersin Amre is a Kazakhstani imam and preacher who is chief imam of the Tole Bi Mosque in Almaty, the country's largest city; the post is stated in a 2023 CABAR.asia explainer on religious influencers in Kazakhstan. ¹ Amre ranked among Kazakhstan's five leading online preachers in a peer-reviewed study published in 2025 in Millah: Journal of Religious Studies, which counted 429 thousand followers on his Instagram account @yersin_amre as of 31 January 2025. ² These are dated platform figures.

The peer-reviewed study describes Amre's approach as academic: he consistently supports his sermons with the opinions of respected scholars and citations from the Qur'an and Hadith, offers sharp criticism of other preachers' mistakes, and is active in podcasts. ² As the study's contrasts show, he is connected with the country's Council of Islamic Scholars, among the sanctioned clergy's imams with advanced theological credentials who have moved onto digital platforms rather than relying only on traditional mosque channels. ^{2 1} CABAR.asia also ranked him among the country's biggest religious names on social media and noted that the national muftiate recommends imams keep active pages there. ¹

Amre's audience is chiefly Kazakhstani: 429 thousand Instagram followers in the January 2025 measurement, and a mosque base in Almaty as chief imam of the Tole Bi Mosque. ^{2 1}

• Kerim, Kurmanaliyev, Ongarov and Kaliyeva, "Digital Transformation of Islamic Preaching in Kazakhstan", Millah: Journal of Religious Studies 24(2), 2025, as read on 4 November 2026. ²
• CABAR.asia, "A TikTok Imam and a Blogger Priest: Why Are Religious Influencers So Popular in Kazakhstan?", 16 February 2023, as read on 4 November 2026. ¹