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Senior cleric Sayebek Kulmakhanbetov looks out of the 11-12th century Aisha Bibi shrine near the city of Taraz, Kazakhstan May 10, 2006. A resurgence of Islam and its practices in the dying years of the Soviet Union formed part of a desire to break with communism which had tried to quash religious traditions. To match feature RELIGION-CENTRALASIA-ISLAM REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KAZAKHSTAN)