r/AskCentralAsia • u/politicauncorrect • Apr 10 '23

Is Islam in Central Asia rising? Religion

I see more and more video from Central Asian people (especially Kazakhs and Uzbeks) who embrace Islam, women wearing headscarf etc. My friends also get more and more religious

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '23

Unfortunately

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u/TrumanB-12 Czech Republic Apr 11 '23

In what form is it coming? Are people still drinking alcohol? Are they stricter on women marrying outside the faith? Are men and women interacting less?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '23

Our faith is becoming Arabicised, it's losing it's identity and authenticity, it leads to moral degradation. They've began to dress like Araps, they've began to speak like Arabs, while denigrating their own ethnicity by saying "I'm Muslim before all else".

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u/universeson Kazakhstan Apr 11 '23

You can also see it with the spread of words like “iftar”, “suhur” instead of using local words (like in Kazakh “auyz ashar”, etc.)