Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate

Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by Miiko on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:13PM (#29818837)

The thing is, back when Kazakhstan was a Soviet republic, Kazakhs (and other muslims) only accounted for about a half of population, the other half was made of christian Russians, Germans and Ukrainians. [1]

Now demographics has changed and the role of Islam risen, but it is still very far from being a concern, compared to other Central Asia republics:

"As did its predecessor, the 1995 constitution stipulates that Kazakhstan is a secular state; thus, Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian state whose constitution does not assign a special status to Islam." [2]

Of course, some extremist do exist in Kazakhstan (what country they don't?), but their influence is very minor - this is indeed very secular country and not only in constitution, - and I do not think anything close to Arab spring is possible. My biggest concern is Russian intervention, frankly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Kazakhstan

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Kazakhstan

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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by Darmody on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:09AM (#29823692)

Well, the Russian are already there.

I don't think anything like the Arab spring is possible there either, but the islamic groups that wander around can do a lot of damage anyway. That was my only thought, I hope they don't manage to do anything.

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