“Where is Our Honor?” Sports, Masculinity, and Authority in Kazakhstani Islamic Media

This paper examines the construction of Islamic authority in Kazakhstani online media. I build on the growing scholarship in Central Asian studies that questions the logocentric nature of Islamic authority, even for scripturalist Muslims. Taking the YouTube channel of Abdughappar Smanov as a case study, I argue that some scripturalist preachers in Kazakhstan construct their Islamic authority by tapping into Soviet, Kazakh, and global currents of masculinity and sport.

Author

• Bigozhin, Ulan

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00602006

Keyword

• Islamic authority
• combat sports
• Islam in Kazakhstan
• gender
• masculinity

Date created

• 2019

Type of Work

• Article

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asian Affairs Journal

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/fx719n34g

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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