Islam di Kazakhstan: Perbezaan antara semakan

[[Islam]] dibawa ke orang Kazakh pada [[abad ke-8]] apabila [[orang Arab]] tiba di [[Asia Tengah]]. Islam mula-mulanya bertapak di bahagian-bahagian selatan [[Turkestan]] dan kemudian beransur-ansur tersebar ke utara.<ref>Atabaki, Touraj. ''Central Asia and the Caucasus: transnationalism and diaspora'', pg. 24</ref> Raja-raja [[Samanid]] juga membantu menyebarkan Islam menerusi kegiatan [[dakwah]] mereka, khususnya di sekitar kawasan yang berhampiran dengan [[Taraz]].<ref>Ibn Athir, Jilid 8, m.s. 396</ref> Tambahan pula, pada akhir [[1300-an]], [[Angkatan Kencana]] juga menyebar Islam kepada orang Kazakh dan puak-[[puak]] Asia Tengah yang lain. Semasa [[1700-an]], pengaruh [[Rusia]] tersebar dengan pesat ke kawasan ini. Diketuai oleh [[Catherine Agung|Catherine]], orang Rusia mula-mulanya menunjukkan kesanggupan untuk membenarkan Islam berkembang maju, dengan banyak [[ulama]] dijemput ke kawasan ini untuk mendakwahi orang Kazakh yang dilihat oleh orang Rusia sebagai [[manusia buas]] yang tidak tahu akan [[akhlak]] dan [[etika]].<ref>Khodarkovsky, Michael. ''Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800'', pg. 39.</ref><ref name=EncycSex572>Ember, Carol R. and Melvin Ember. ''Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures'', pg. 572</ref>

 

 

In more recent times however, Kazakhs have gradually employed determined effort in revitalizing Islamic religious institutions after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]]. While not strongly fundamentalist, Kazakhs continue to identify with their Islamic faith,<ref>Page, Kogan. ''Asia and Pacific Review 2003/04'', pg. 99</ref> and even more devotedly in the countryside. Those who claim descent from the original [[Muslim]] warriors and missionaries of the 8th century, command substantial respect in their communities.<ref>Atabaki, Touraj. ''Central Asia and the Caucasus: transnationalism and diaspora''.</ref> Kazakh political figures have also stressed the need to sponsor Islamic awareness. For example, the Kazakh Foreign Affairs Minister, [[Marat Tazhin]], recently emphasized that Kazakhstan attaches importance to the use of "positive potential Islam, learning of its history, culture and heritage."<ref>[http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=154837 inform.kz | 154837<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>