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COMBATING AGAINST THE DANGERS AND
THREATS OF EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM
AS A PRIORITY TASK OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW UZBEKISTAN
Elov Ashrafjon Askarjan ugli
Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, University of Public Security of the Republic of
Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
INTRODUCTION
Ensuring security, peace and stability of the socio-
political situation in any democratic legal state is
the basis of all reforms. Therefore, taking into
account the threat of terrorism and extremism in
the region to the national security, strong legal and
institutional foundations for combating these
threats have been created in our country.
As a continuation of these reforms, ensuring
security in our country and eliminating threats to it
through preventive measures was defined as one of
the priorities of the reforms of the development of
New Uzbekistan. In the last seven years, the main
attention was paid to increasing the effectiveness
of preventive measures in the fight against
terrorism and extremism in our country. At the
same time, measures were taken, such as the
formation of strong immunity in young people,
social rehabilitation of citizens and their family
members who have previously committed crimes
of this type, identification and elimination of
problems in their lifestyle, and strengthening of
preventive measures aimed at protecting the
population from foreign ideas.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Uzbek scientists have deeply researched the
threats of extremism and terrorism in Uzbekistan,
in
particular
religious
extremism,
the
organizational, legal, spiritual and educational
foundations of combating them, and the activities
of extremist organizations.
In particular, the criminal law aspects of the fight
against extremism and terrorism investigated by
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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M.Rustambaev [1], M.Radjabova [2], A.Zakurlaev
[3], A. Imonova [4] and A. Ibragimov [5].
As well as, K.Shermukhamedov, J.Karimov [6],
S.Fakhrutdinov [7] and N.Safarova [8] analyzed the
ideological and philosophical aspects of the threat
of religious extremism, countering extremism and
terrorism, and developed proposals. Also,
international problems of combating the threat of
extremism and terrorism in the provision of
national security I.I.Bobokulov [9] and A.
Rakhmanov's [10] research explored atrophy.
DISCUSSIONS AND RESULTS
In particular, to educate young people in the spirit
of patriotism, to prevent the spread of extremist
and terrorist ideas among them, to widely involve
young people in culture, art and sports, to form
their skills in the correct use of modern
information technologies, and to raise the culture
of reading. , five important initiatives have been
implemented, including ensuring the employment
of women. Also, in the last seven years, it was
achieved to increase the level of coverage of
preschool education from 27% to 72%, and of
higher education from 9% to 42%, and the number
of universities from 77 to 212 [11].
This, in turn, contributes to the development of
human capital and prevents citizens from being
influenced by foreign ideas. Today, solid legal
foundations for combating terrorism and
extremism have been created in Uzbekistan, and
existing norms are constantly being improved
based on threats in the direction of combating
terrorism and extremism.
In particular, the “Strategy of action on five
priorities for the development of the Republic of
Uzbekistan in 2017
–
2021”, approved by the
Decree of the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan No. PF-4947, adopted on February 7,
2017, has gained significant importance, in which
measures to strengthen organizational and
practical measures to combat terrorism and
extremism, especially to protect young people from
the influence of destructive activities such as
religious extremism and fanaticism, were
determined [12].
Accordingly, meetings and roundtable discussions
on the topics “Islamic Enlightenment condemns
fanaticism” and “Religious extremism and
terrorism -
a threat to the future of youth” were
organized in neighborhoods and educational
institutions.
Based on the requirements of the new era, on July
30, 2018, the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On
Combating Extremism” was adopted. In this law,
the state policy in the field of combating extremism,
measures to prevent extremism, issues of raising
the legal consciousness and legal culture of the
population, the structure of state bodies
implementing the fight against extremism and
their tasks in this field were clearly specified.
On September 19, 2018, in order to release from
criminal liability citizens who have mistakenly
joined terrorist and extremist organizations, the
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the
improvement
of
the
procedure
for
decriminalization of citizens of the Republic of
Uzbekistan who have mistakenly entered the
structure of terrorist, extremist or other prohibited
organizations and groups” Decree No. PF
-5542 was
adopted, his hands were not covered in blood, he
regretted his act, he was outside the territory of the
Republic, he realized the illegality of his act and he
recovered.
The legal grounds for the release of the citizens
who crossed the road from criminal liability and
their return to their families were created. For the
first time in the history of Uzbekistan, on July 1,
2021, with the Decree of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-
6255 “The National
Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on
Combating Extremism and Terrorism for 2021-
2026” and “Roadmap” for its implementation was
approved. It promotes the ideology of patriotism,
traditional values and tolerance, prevents the
spread of extremism and terrorism among minors
and young people, strengthens the role of women
in this field, and protects citizens who have been
abroad for a long time from foreign ideas to fight
against the use of the Internet global information
network for extremist and terrorist purposes, to
widely involve civil society institutions and the
mass media, to improve legal prosecution and
prosecution measures for the commission of these
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types of crimes and their financing, and the
regulatory and legal framework of the field tasks
such as improvement of the base, strengthening of
international and regional cooperation were
defined.
Decree No. 6252 of the President of the Republic of
Uzbeki
stan dated June 28, 2021 “on approval of the
strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the
development of the national system of combating
the legalization of income from criminal activities,
financing of terrorism and the distribution of
weapons of mass destruction, it established the
legal framework for a number of measures aimed
at combating the financing of extremism.
Along with this, on January 28, 2022, the Decree of
the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-
60 “On the Development Strategy o
f New
Uzbekistan for 2022-
2026” was adopted, and its
The 82nd goal established the formation of
effective mechanisms for combating extremism. In
this
regard,
improvement
of
preventive
mechanisms in the fight against extremism,
systematic work with people affected by foreign
ideas, elimination of their problems, improvement
of the legal basis of international cooperation in
this field, exchange of experience with foreign
countries in the fight against the financing of
extremism, in this direction active participation in
international and regional organizations and
others can be mentioned [12].
Today, Uzbekistan has ratified the documents of
many international organizations such as the UN,
OSCE, SCO and CIS in the field of combating
extremism and terrorism, in particular, the main 13
documents of the UN aimed at preventing and
combating terrorism, and consistently fulfills their
obligations.
In the fight against international terrorism and
extremism, a number of cooperations are being
carried out with these organizations, such as
improving the organizational and legal foundations
of the field, conducting special operations,
improving the qualifications of employees, sharing
best practices and conducting research. For
example, with the support of the USA and other
partner countries, 438 women and children who
were in dire situations in Syria, Iraq and
Afghanistan were brought to Uzbekistan.
In particular, within the framework of the “Mehr”
humanitarian operation 156 from Syria in 2019,
mostly women and children, from Iraq this year
64 children, 25 women and 73 children from Syria
in 2020, 2021 24 citizens from Afghanistan and 24
women and 69 children from Syria were returned
to Uzbekistan this year. It should be noted that our
country is promoting a number of initiatives to
combat extremism and terrorism at the
international level [13].
In particular, President Sh.M. Mirziyoev of the UN
General Assembly In the 72nd session, he
emphasized that the root of international terrorism
and extremism, along with other factors, is
ignorance and intolerance, and in this regard, it is
the most important task to form and educate
people, first of all, the mindset of young people on
the basis of enlightenment, "Enlightenment and
proposed the adoption of a special resolution called
“religious tolerance”.
The international community unanimously
approved this proposal and adopted the resolution
"Enlightenment and religious tolerance" by the UN.
This resolution is important because it promotes
the issue of enlightenment and education as an
effective means of fighting terrorism and
extremism in the world [13].
At the same time, joint fight against terrorism and
extremism, stopping fighting in Afghanistan and
maintaining peace, opening an office of the UN
Counter-Terrorism Office in the Central Asian
region, creating a unified electronic system for
cyber-terrorism in Central Asia, various types of
extremism and terrorism in the information space
to create uniform international legal mechanisms
that allow effective fight against the forms of
terrorism, to establish a Regional Expert Council
from among the leading experts of Central Asian
countries under the auspices of the UN Anti-
Terrorism Office, to convene the Youth Council of
Central and South Asian countries, which is
permanently active in Samarkand, to hold a high-
level "Ma It is possible to mention such things as
holding the conference "Prosperity and Religious
Tolerance" and defining the prospective directions
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of practical cooperation in the way of promoting
the ideas strengthened in the UN Special
Resolution based on the results of the conference.
CONCLUSIONS
It can be concluded that the organizational and
legal basis for combating extremism and terrorism,
which is observed today, based on the dangers and
threats, has been created and is currently being
improved. The main focus is not on identifying
extremism and punishing those who commit this
type of offense, but on identifying and eliminating
the factors that allow the emergence and
development of extremism, educating young
people on the basis of enlightenment, ensuring
their employment, cooperating with international
organizations and foreign countries. it can be
recognized that the introduction of best practices
in cooperation is aimed at strengthening the legal
basis of these relations. The implementation of
these initiatives promoted by Uzbekistan will serve
to ensure not only regional security, but also global
security.
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