Religious extremism is both a difficult-to-predict phenomenon for Kyrgyzstan and for the Central Asian countries

The article emphasizes the relevance of increasing the effectiveness of the fight against religious extremism. The author points out the need to look for the root causes of all pressing problems of religious extremism in the conceptual foundations of the system of countering the ideology of terrorism. In the context of religious studies, fundamentally new approaches are needed in the relationship between the state and religious communities, which have contributed to significant changes in the religious sphere of consciousness, the upbringing of the individual and the citizen.