Muhammadolim

Muhammadsidiqov,

docent, ТashSIO,

candidate of political sciences

Religious principles of confessions and religious tolerance in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, where representatives of various nations and nationalities live in peace and harmony. "The greatest wealth in recent years - highlights, I.A. Karimov - is peace and stability, international and civil harmony in our common home. Understanding this value and its continuing importance is growing every day in the minds of our people".

Achieving such a qualitative state is a natural result of the national policy of Uzbekistan based on humanism and universal values . Speaking about the essence of the policy, it should be noted that from the first days of independence, leadership of the country, along with the solution of social, economic and political problems start to give high priority to restoration of ethno-cultural values and traditions. The legal basis for this policy was enshrined in the Constitution and created on the basis of its legal basis.
The national policy of Uzbekistan in this field is based, inter alia, on the following principles:

First, the provision of equal rights and freedoms , the equality of citizens before the law, without distinction of sex, race, nationality, language, religion, social origin, beliefs, personal and social status.

Secondly, the provision of social life on the basis of diversity of political institutions, ideologies and opinions.

Third, to ensure respect for the language, customs and traditions of different nations and ethnic groups, the creation of the necessary conditions

for their development. Based on the constitutional provision that " The people of Uzbekistan are citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, regardless of their nationality" ( Article 8 ) , we can say that all the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Basic Law, the same attitude to the representatives of all nations, without exception.

The basic principles of the national policy of Uzbekistan are its real implementation. Thus, in the present time in our country, there are more than 140 national and cultural centers. It should be noted that the multi-faceted spiritual and educational activities of the national - cultural centers is an important contributing factor to the approval of the spirit of mutual respect and inter-ethnic tolerance in our common home - Uzbekistan.
Republican International Cultural Center, established at the initiative of the President of the Republic, I.A. Karimov, has a practical and methodical assistance to the national cultural centers and thus actively involved in meeting the needs of ethnic and cultural representatives of various nations and nationalities living in the country.

To sum up the above, it should be noted that the social and political stability achieved in Uzbekistan, is the result of well thought-out policies aimed at ensuring international peace and civil accord in the country.
As the world and accumulated over the years of independence, our own experience , the most important condition for the success of the full-scale transformations in the economic, political and cultural spheres, fundamental reform of public relations is to ensure that the country's political stability , civil peace and ethnic harmony.

As pointed out by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, "... the peace and tranquility of the people, friendship and harmony in our multi-ethnic state, respect for people, working people, the creation of all persons, regardless of their ethnicity and faith, absolutely equal status in our society has always been, and will certainly be the most important to be critical in achieving the goals we have set for ourselves".
Therefore, these two deeply interrelated challenges - a successful reform of all walks of life and sustainable development, on the one hand, and the preservation of political stability - on the other, form the core of the policy pursued in the country.

Important role in ensuring peace and stability in the society plays and religious tolerance, iinherent in our people tradition of religious tolerance has deep historical roots. Strengthen these traditions, their enrichment is meaningful and politics of independent Uzbekistan in the sphere of religion.
In its relations with religious organizations of the state, a secular, adheres to the following principles. First of all, respect for the religious feelings of believers, the recognition of religious beliefs private affair of citizens or their respective associations.

Second, the guarantee of equal rights and the inadmissibility of persecution as citizens professing religious beliefs, and do not profess them.
Third, the need to seek a dialogue with various religious organizations to use their capabilities to the spiritual revival, adoption of universal moral values.
It should be noted that these principles are practical expression. So, today in the republic there are 2,222 religious organizations. Including 2,037 mosques and more than 180 churches, synagogues and houses of worship belonging to 16 religious denominations.

During the years of independence to a new level under religious education . Today, with all the confidence we can say that we have formed a complete system of religious education, which includes the Tashkent Islamic Institute, 10 post-secondary Islamic schools (madrassas), Orthodox and Protestant seminary. Since September 1999, in the capital began operating Tashkent Islamic University, established on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 2003, the first graduates of undergraduate students, and in 2005 - Master's students.

Uzbekistan, which has enormous spiritual heritage and traditions of tolerance from the first days of independence principle and precisely defined his attitude to religion. Article 31 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, the possibility of free worship, to practice any religion at all, or not belonging to any religion. On June 14, 1991 in the jurisprudence of the country, the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations." Based on these legal documents state creates the opportunity for freedom of conscience, without interfering in the religious affairs of religious figures. Have been recognized the importance and necessity of religion in the education of the person with the highest quality. At the same time, the state shall take measures to prevent the politicization of religion, the emergence of extremist and fundamentalist movements.

Religious leaders can help in establishing harmony, peace and mutual respect. Confirmation of our thoughts - the holding in our region in Tashkent under the slogan "Under the common air" international Muslim- Christian conference. Also unevenly was solemnly marked the 125th anniversary of the anniversary of Tashkent and Central Asian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the celebrations of the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia Alexеy II, who visited Central Asia first. In his speech he said: "I think that a good and fruitful cooperation between public agencies and faith-based organizations in Uzbekistan will be a good example for other Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States". In December of the year in our capital has been widely noted the 100th anniversary evangelicalism - Lutheran church.
As a conclusion we can say that cooperation, community, ethnic harmony and religious tolerance, existing for centuries between the peoples of our region in the years of independence, has acquired a kind of content. It also confirms the same attitude in our multi- religious country and a lot of every citizen of our state, regardless of race, nationality, religious belief and language.

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