The experts at a program held at an Uzbek University share their views on the severe consequences of ignorance and lack of enlightenment for society
Farghana City
While discussing the political and religious radicalism, the experts at a program held at an Uzbek University on shared their views on the severe consequences of ignorance and lack of enlightenment for society.
The session was held on September 09, 2025, at the conference hall of Fergana State Technical University under the title “Enlightenment against Ignorance”, organized in cooperation with the Regional Department of the Committee on Religious Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Fergana region.
The event was opened by Sherzodbek Dehqonov, the university’s First Vice-Rector for Spiritual and Educational Affairs.
Following the opening, during the introductory part of the event, participants and students were shown video messages featuring the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking about religious radicalism, political interests, and the severe consequences of ignorance and lack of enlightenment for society.
Additionally, the Chairman of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Nuriddin Holiqnazarov, delivered a lecture highlighting the greatness of peace as a blessing, the ongoing unrest in unstable countries, and the threats these situations pose to the future of their people.
In the main part of the event, Zokirjon Hakimov, the chief specialist of the Regional Department of the Committee on Religious Affairs in Fergana region, gave a speech on political and religious radicalism, the influence of social networks on youth, and the high-level threats posed by external forces and currents to the state and society. His lecture also included information on the consequences of ignorance and lack of knowledge in the international geopolitical arena and provided recommendations on what young people should focus on in fighting ignorance, as well as how to use social networks properly.
During the event, Hiloliddin Valijonov, Advisor to the Rector on Social and Spiritual Issues, spoke to the university students about the importance of maintaining social and spiritual stability, urging youth not to blindly follow foreign ideas and ideologies based on ignorance but to fight them with enlightenment.
At the conclusion of the event, students had the opportunity to ask specialists various questions and received answers, advice, and recommendations.
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Sherzod Artikov, Press Secretary, Ferghana State Technical University
