The Kyrgyz - Islam in Central Asia (sitios de interés)
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The role of Islam in Kyrgyz society is almost entirely cultural, not religious. The first recognition of Muslims in Kyrgyzstan after the fall of the Soviet Union occurred in 1993, but even this opportunity for religious (Source: Everett-Heath, Tom. Central Asia. Pg. 123).
However, this is not to say that the Kyrgyz are completely detached from the religion. The period just following Kyrgyzstan's liberation from the USSR saw the building of thousands of mosques and a rise in the number of Kyrgyz studying classical Arabic. However, political action (e.g. terrorism) attached to Islam has made the religion a potentially dangerous label to attach to one's self.
(Source: Hangs, Reuel R. Central Asia. Pg. 35.
"It is common for women to wear a scarf both in the countryside and in urban settings when in public. Central Asian women in general do not wear the paranja (veil), and in Kyrgyzstan this is particularly rare; only in some of the more conservative regions of the south does one occasionally encounter women wearing the veil."
(Source: Hangs, Reuel R. Central Asia. Pg. 377-8.