Formation of National and Religious Tolerance Among Adolescents and Young People: Problems and Ways to Solve Them

Everyone has the right to adhere to their beliefs, but at the same time he is obliged to recognize the same right for others around him. The views of one person cannot be imposed on others. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze the problems of the formation of national and religious tolerance among adolescents and youth. This topic is the subject of a large number of scientific studies, despite its "youth" at the present stage of development of society, the degree of relevance of behavior problems in adolescents and young people does not diminish. In this work, a problem is posed and an attempt is made to determine the ways to solve it. Tolerance, as an important factor in the upbringing of young people, began to be given attention after the adoption and approval of the Declaration of Principles of Tolerance on November 16, 1995. Separately, the article pays attention to the periods of formation of ethnic identity, briefly reveals the main factors that have the strongest impact on the development of interethnic and interfaith interaction. In the conclusion, it is noted that the development of democracy in the world space, it would seem, should lead to the universalization and development of a culture of tolerance, however, as the events of recent years show, terrorism and violence on ethnic and national grounds remain the most important on the agenda.

tolerance, intolerance, terrorism, extremism, adolescents, youth, interethnic interaction, ethnic identity