THE PROBLEM OF RADICALIZATION OF EUROPEAN YOUTH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS

Abstract

This paper discusses one of the complex and relevant problems of the radicalization of European youth in the context of the migration crisis from both the scientific and practical points of view. The increased migration flows associated with socio-economic and political instability, as well as the processes of globalization lead to the need to live on the same territory with representatives of different cultures and different faiths. Despite the policy of multiculturalism, most of those representatives divide society into friends or foes, refusing to accept foreign cultural values and trying to maintain their religious identity in any way possible. This has become one of the causes of sociopolitical instability in the leading countries of Western Europe, and this persists to our days. The paper also analyses the main reasons for the interest of young people in Western Europe not just in religion, but in radical Islamic movements, especially among the second and third generations of immigrants who prefer to live according to their own laws in “ghettoizing” neighbourhoods located on the outskirts of large cities. In the course of the study, the author concludes that the problem raised requires a systematic approach to the study, as well as a rethinking of the role of religion in modern sociopolitical processes. Despite all the difficulties, the main task for the countries of Western Europe remains the same: the preservation of ethno-confessional peace and stability in their region.