RELIGIOUS DESIGN: INNOVATIONS OF MODERN SUFIS IN KAZAKHSTAN
Keywords:
Transformation of Sufism, Religious constructs, Neo-Sufism, Leaders of Sufi groups, Modern SufisAbstract
At present, we see that Sufism, with its deep roots, has not left without a trace in the annals of history, but continues to exist and even attracts new adherents. A religious renaissance has engulfed many post-Soviet countries. People turned to ethnic traditions and customs. Sufi teaching, which was traditional for the Turkic peoples, received a new vector of development. The geography of the spread of Sufism is not limited to Central Asia, so you can meet large Sufi communities in Europe and America. In Russia, Sufi groups are also traditional for residents of some subjects of the federation (Caucasian countries, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, etc.). Modern Sufism is characterized by international cooperation.
Sufism, traditional for Kazakhstan, was transformed under the influence of repressive secularization, and then the Islamic renaissance. Modern leaders of Sufi groups receive foreign education and bring their discourses to Kazakhstani society. New Sufi sheikhs use multifactorial techniques, psychoanalysis and the influence of Western theories. In this regard, the concepts of neo-Sufism and pseudo-Sufism appeared. The self-identification of modern Sufis has transformed, they create new religious constructs.
