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The research aims to analyze the construction and regulation of Islamic identity in Kazakhstan during its post-Soviet transformation.

Islamic Identity in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Between Nation-Building and Global Religious Transformations

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The research aims to analyze the construction and regulation of Islamic identity in Kazakhstan during its post-Soviet transformation.
Adopting a mixed analytical approach combining theoretical interpretation and quantitative analysis.
Evaluating national census and survey data, as well as religious policy frameworks.
Examining empirical indicators such as mosque growth statistics and measures of religious practice.
Over two-thirds of the population identify as Muslim, but levels of intensive ritual observance remain moderate.
Islamic identity functions mainly as an ethnocultural marker rather than strictly doctrinal.
The state's promotion of 'traditional' Hanafi Islam significantly influences acceptable expressions of Islamic identity.

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Examines Islamic identity construction in Kazakhstan, highlighting the influence of Ethnocultural and Global Factors.

Адайхан et al. (2026) studied this question.

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