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responsibility of citizens for the development of society, regardless of which religion they belong 
to. 
It should be emphasized that it is important for the members of the society to understand that 
religious tolerance is a manifestation of fanaticism. Bigotry is itself a cause of enmity, and 
enmity is a cause of discord. Here comes the need to explain the etymological content of the 
concept of fanaticism. Fanaticism is derived from the Arabic word "Aqidah". According to the 
National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, "Aqeedah - requirements that are considered mandatory 
for believers and must be believed without doubt or discussion. The basis of Islamic beliefs is 
given in the Qur'an, developed and regulated on the basis of the instructions in the hadiths. In 
Christianity, the creed was first adopted by the Second World Council and it was called the 
Creed. [14] 
According to the Wikipedia source, "Religious fanaticism (lat. fanaticus, angry, frenzied) is the 
blind adherence to religious ideals and the desire to strictly follow them in practical life, 
intolerance towards non-religious people and dissidents. Religious fanaticism is especially 
evident in religious sects. It is an extreme level of enthusiasm for religious activity, which 
involves creating a cult, worshiping it, and spreading it among like-minded groups. [15] 
Spirituality: in the explanatory dictionary of the main concepts, "Аanaticism is one of the forms 
of worldview that is instilled in the hearts and minds of people on the basis of ideological 
pressures and raised to the level of faith. There are two forms of dogma: secular form of dogma 
(egoism, chauvinism, communism, Bolshevism, atheism, nationalism, etc.); religious form of 
belief (Wahhabism, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, etc.). "Representatives of the 
ideological and ideological current, who perceive beliefs separated from time and space, 
consider them as absolute unchanging truth, and do not recognize such other views, are called 
fanatics." [16] 
Nowadays, it is difficult to point to a region or a country that has not suffered from one or 
another form of religious fanaticism. Religious bigotry is a set of views, ideas and beliefs, 
created by a certain religious trend or sect, or created by a generation before it, aimed at derailing 
stable relations in society. Fanatics believe that a person is only right about himself and the 
dogma he believes in, and unhesitatingly accepts the orders of the leaders who guide him in this 
direction. When inculcating ideas, leaders act based on their weakest side, taking into account 
the level, mental state, and social condition of the recipient of the ideas they have created. The 
fanatics strongly reject the idea of tolerance. In fact, the biggest danger is their appearance. 
Anyone who does not follow them and has a different opinion than them is their enemy. 
"Fatalists resist as much as possible the establishment of different views and attitudes that are 
contrary to their beliefs. It is in this process that a holistic worldview and a sense of the world are 
formed in the peoples. A person's character and activity are traced in a certain way. Unscientific 
approaches to identifying fanaticism with the concepts of fundamentalism and religious 
extremism are the reason. It is better to consider that these concepts have significant differences 
in addition to general similarities. It is right to call fanatics people who have acquired religious 
knowledge separately from the historical period and real social reality, and therefore do not 
understand and do not want to understand the original humanitarian essence of religions. 
However, it is necessary to keep in mind that fanaticism has a broader meaning than a purely 
religious content. [17] 
In our opinion, a high level of fanaticism breeds religious fundamentalism, and fundamentalism 
breeds extremism. Implementation of extremist ideas manifests itself in terrorism. Extremism 
and terrorism are successive stages of a single interrelated process. It is clear that the dogmatic 
nature of fanaticism creates the conditions for turning into bloody conflicts over time. 
Based on the direction of our research topic, it can be said that religious tolerance and religious 
fanaticism are mutually exclusive concepts. The dangerous side of religious fanaticism is that it 

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