Nowadays a lot of countries come across such problem as negative influence of extremism and some destructive religious ideologies. Violent extremism represents a serious threat to international peace and security, shared values and aspirations, social harmony and economic and social development. Unfortunately, violent extremism in today’s world being a complex and multi-faceted challenge to our society cannot be confined to national borders. Due to modern technologies, different ways of communication and easy ways to travel this issue has become acute all around the world. People from absolutely different parts of the world can be involved in preparation, organisation or implementation of the terror act. For this very reason it is vital to be aware of destructive ideologies and what is even more important make aware young minds about this issue.
The Head of the Foreign Languages Department Lyazat Kasymovna and lecturer Assel Zhantasovna organised an educational discussion session with the aim to raise the awareness among the students regarding the problem of extremism. The session had an informative character and was held offline. During the seminar the difference between terrorism and extremism was explained. The former is a type of political violence that includes the intentional targeting of noncombatants and distinguishes between the direct victims and audience that you want to affect. Therefore, the violence has political nature. Whereas the latter is holding an extreme ideology or belief. Though it is often associated with religious ideology, it really includes any radical belief system.
The students actively shared their understanding of the topic and one student, Bolat Zhalgas even shared his knowledge about Japanese destructive religious organisation and its leader Aum Shinrikyo.
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