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Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia that has been
under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev since
independence in 1991, has proven that a mostly Muslim nation can be
active on the international scene. Its leaders have worked
fervently to bridge the ugly schism that has developed since the
9/11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Arab and Muslim lands
byWestern forces. How has Kazakhstan been able to maintain its
Muslim heritage yet remain on track toward modernization while
other Muslim countries have imposed strict Shari’a law upon their
citizens, clamped down on individual freedoms, and persecuted all
who do not adhere to the diktat of the ruling theocracy? Claude
Salhani examines the successful phenomenon of Kazakhstan today.He
looks at the progress it has attained in just two decades since
independence. While there is no doubt as to the Muslim identity of
the country,Kazakhstan is living proof that there can be a
“kinder, gentler” mode of Islam, in which one can live at peace
with oneself and with one’s neighbors, despite their differences.
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