Modeling Alternatives for Imams’ Role and Islam Development in Post-Pandemic Kazakhstan

Muzykina Y.V. Aljanova N.K.
2022 Tamkang University

Journal of Futures Studies
2022 #26 Issue 4 79 - 97 pp.

Futures thinking plays a critical role in detecting prospects and opportunities in different spheres of human life, including its spiritual dimension. The paper uses the online survey results from Kazakhstani imams during the quarantine to identify the issues they faced. The data help develop four alternative scenarios ofpost-pandemic futures for the Muslim community in the Republic. Each option focuses primarily on the role of imams under specific circumstances. These scenarios are (1) A Spiritual Suq on the Internet Open Spaces, (2) IT-Taj&d: the Kazakhstani Version, (3) “Virtual Imam”; and (4) Fitnah under Lockdown.

2x2 matrix , Alternative scenarios , Imam , Islam , Kazakhstan , Quarantine

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Central for Postnormal Policy & Futures Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Central for Postnormal Policy & Futures Studies
Department of Religious and Cultural Studies

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