Islam as a symbolic element of national identity used by the nationalist ideology in the nation and state building process in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

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2007-06-01

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Aydingün, Aysegül

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The main intention of this article is to analyze the role of Islam in post-Soviet Kazakhstan and its utilization in the nation building and state building processes. It is argued that Islam in post-Soviet Kazakhstan is a cultural phenomenon rather than a religious one and is an important market, of national identity despite the competition of radical movements in the '' religious field.''

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Post-Soviet Kazakhstan, National identity construction, Religion as marker of national identity, Kazak culture

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63929

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JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIES

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Department of Sociology, Article

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A. Aydingün, “Islam as a symbolic element of national identity used by the nationalist ideology in the nation and state building process in post-Soviet Kazakhstan,” JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIES, pp. 69–83, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63929.