Problems Of Countering The Ideology Of Religious Extremism Among Young People

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of countering the religious extremism ideology among new generation of the North Caucasus region and particularly the Chechen Republic. In modern conditions of contradictions aggravation in the spiritual geostrategic space for the national security of Russia and its regions, the threats in the spiritual sphere are the most dangerous. Among them acts of religious extremism are very serious, whose young adherents use the Islamist ideology in their criminal practices. In order to increase the effectiveness of the struggle against this religious-extremist ideology in the youth environment, new approaches, forms and methods are required that are adequate to the dynamics of modern spiritual and religious expansion. The subject of the article is the countering system analysis of religious extremism ideology among young people. On the basis of empirical studies of various levels, the authors try to reveal the problem of spiritual, ideological and theoretical opposition to extremism and terrorism. According to the authors, an important factor in countering the ideology of youth religious extremism is the revelation of its reactionary essence, the entire complex of religious-dogmatic, political and legal ideas, views based on an alternative ideological system of traditional religious trends and particularly Sufi dogma and cult practice. The article analyzes the general and specific reasons for replenishing the ranks of extremist organizations with modern youth, and reveals some tasks of spiritual and moral education aimed at ensuring the spiritual security of new generation and protecting its traditional spiritual, moral and religious values.