In October 2016, the Kyrgyzstani parliament passed a new law regulating marriage amidst a growing debate on gender, sexuality, and the integrity of the Kyrgyzstani nation. The amendment, which aimed to tackle the already illegal practices of underage and forced marriage, criminalized involvement in these acts by targeting the practice that in Kyrgyzstan is colloquially called nike, or what might be referred to as a religious or non-state registered marriage. The amendment regulated and recognized nike for the first time. By adopting novel language and using terminology whose meaning differed significantly from common usage, the amendment also subtly religionized nike. The vociferous public debate surrounding the passage of the bill similarly marked nike as something done by the particularly pious explicitly outside of the state’s purview, producing a spurious and politicized reading of the quotidian practice in Kyrgyzstan.

2016 年 10 月，在关于性别、性取向和吉尔吉斯斯坦民族完整性的辩论日益激烈的情况下，吉尔吉斯斯坦议会通过了一项规范婚姻的新法律。该修正案旨在解决已经非法的未成年人和强迫婚姻的做法，通过针对吉尔吉斯斯坦俗称耐克或可能被称为宗教或非国家登记婚姻的做法，将参与这些行为定为刑事犯罪。该修正案首次对耐克进行了规范和认可。通过采用新颖的语言和使用意义与常用词明显不同的术语，该修正案还巧妙地将耐克宗教化。围绕该法案通过的激烈公开辩论同样标志着耐克被认为是特别虔诚的人在国家权限之外所做的事情，对吉尔吉斯斯坦的日常生活产生了虚假和政治化的解读。