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'''Ratbek hadji Nysanbayev''' ({{lang-kk|Рәтбек қажы Нысанбайұлы}}) was the first Supreme [[Mufti]] of [[Kazakhstan]], controversially appointed by President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]. He served as mufti from February 1990 to 2000.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Olcott
  | first = Martha Brill
  | authorlink = Martha Brill Olcott
  | coauthors = 
  | title = Central Asia's Second Chance
  | publisher = Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  | year = 2005
  | location = Washington, D.C.
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn =
  | page = 280 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.photius.com/countries/kazakhstan/society/kazakhstan_society_islam_and_the_state.html Kazakhstan: Islam and the State] Geographic.org
* {{ru icon}} [http://www.kazislam.freenet.kz/ratbek.htm Ратбек-кажи Нысанбай-улы: Испобедь Экс-Муфтия] Созю мусульман Казахстана (Union of Kazakhstan Muslims)
* {{ru icon}} [http://www.continent.kz/1999/01/21.html Ратбек Нысанбай-yлы] Continent.kz

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