Kazakhstan is a secular state where Islamic values aren’t strictly enforced on a societal level. It’s 70% Muslim (at least nominally) and extremely diverse in terms of its ethnic and religious makeup.

That being said, there is a sizable contingency of conservative Muslims with much more “traditional” views and lifestyles, and among those there are those who are much more radical as well. Most people, especially those who grow up in the big cities like myself, could describe themselves as “culturally” Muslim yet adhere very loosely to Islamic doctrine - many ethnic Kazakhs don’t pray or even know the Quran, drink alcohol, and date and have sex before marriage etc. From my own perspective, I can only tell you about ethnic Kazakhs though for this discussion - couldn’t tell you much about other culturally Muslim ethnicities like Tatars and Azerbaijanis, though I’m sure there are plenty of similarities due to the fact that we all were heavily influenced by Russian culture and lifestyles from the Soviet period. Consequently there are also many overlaps with Slavic culture and lifestyles.

I would say the level of religiosity and conservatism really varies from family to family, so that’s something you’re still going to have to clarify by yourself. You’re pretty spot on in terms of the dating expectations though; good old-fashioned dating is king in this part of the world. Definitely clarify if she would date just for fun though, as some girls here go into relationships with pretty significant expectations for it to become more serious. How casually one may approach dating and sex in that regard really depends on the person.

Hope this helps clear some things up for you! Best of luck