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He was raised a Protestant, and later became an atheist, according to Zaman, a Turkish newspaper.
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He [ Nicholas Baines, then-Anglican Bishop of Croydon] has watched Mr. Nazarbayev transform himself from an open atheist into pro-religion leader who has even made the Haj pilgrimage.
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