> The most likely government to be installed will be an islamic state,.. The suffix "-stan" is very suggestive, isn't it? After all, there are Pakistan and Af

> The most likely government to be installed will be an islamic state,.. The suffix "-stan" is very suggestive, isn't it? After all, there are Pakistan and Afghanistan -- massively Islamic countries. Similarly, Thailand ends in "-land", yet no one thinks Thailand is in Europe despite the fact that England, Switzerland and Poland are all European. Islam in Kazakhstan is non-pure, non-literalist and heavily tinged/influenced by local shamanistic traditions and old Soviet ways unlike that in Middle East. Pure Islam in Kazakhstan would look jarringly out of place.