Abstract
The aim of this article is to analyze the religious situation in Kazakhstan since gaining independence, including examining the role of Islam and its models in the world. It also provides for the search for modernization of the Islamic world and its characteristic model for our region. The Islamic world is located on a very large geographical territory, encompassing representatives of many nationalities and ethnic groups, each with its own language and culture. Therefore, the religious culture of each nation is completely different from each other. To study the diversity of the Islamic world, the authors turn to the views of the American Islamic scholar K. Ernest. After examining these models, we emphasize that any model needs modernization. The work examines the projects "Critique of the Arab mind" by M. Jabiri and "Critique of the Islamic mind" by M. Arkoun, presented on the topic of modernizing the Islamic world. Despite the fact that in the Islamic world there are many models and common points, Arkoun proposes modernization through these common points. M. Jabiri emphasizes the impossibility of modernization without studying the mind and consciousness. By extending his views on the epistemological gap, the authors explore the problem of reuniting Islam that emerged in the Kazakh steppe. This gap will be filled by a revival of the views and positions of Jadidism and Alash intelligentsia. The idea of the possibility of restoration through the connection of modernity with the Muslim model, which Abay and Shakarim adhered too is summarized.