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TAZA JOL: THE PURE WAY OF ISLAM AMONG THE KAZAKS
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ABSTRACT
When Kazaks speak of din ( religion) and the Quday j011 (way of God ) , they mean Islam; but because these are formal terms heavily laden with theological substance, Kazaks also have an emotive and experiential way of expressing them: Islam is the taza jol, the clean or pure way. Taza jol is a Kazak rendition of the Quranic definition of Islam as the " straight path" (Ar. sireit al-mustaqfm, Quran 1 :6 ; Kz. tara jo/) . But all roads, after all, are straight on the Kazak steppe; so for the Kazaks it is not straightness but cleanness that appeals to the affections. Taza jol is never used to describe a religion other than Islam.
