RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN THE MODERN CRIMINAL LAW AND SCIENCE OF CRIMINOLOGY

Лилия ГЫРЛА Молдавский государственный университет

Abstract

In the realm of this scientific research there is performed a profound analysis of criminological points of view as well as of penal provisions concerning some aspects of religious extremism from the perspective of its impact upon the content of the penal prohibitions which are contained in the Special part of The Criminal code of the Republic of Moldova. In order to obtain the best scientific results, there have been examined such phenomena as religious fanatic views, religious fundamentalist views, as well as there have been researched the generic notion of extremism. This article can be defined as an analysis of the modern penal and criminological doctrine, as well as some results of the sociological science which gives the opportunity to consider that this is an interdisciplinary research. The author has researched some definitions and classifications which are met in the modern science being proposed a generic definition of the criminal offences which have a religious extremist character. There is demonstrated that as a basic sign of the delimitation between extremist offences and other types must be recognized the criminal reason of the misdeed. As a result, there have been formulated several conclusions which can be applied in the science of the Substantive Criminal Law, Criminology, as well as can be taken into account during the improvement of the penal legislation. 

Keywords: religious fanatic view, religious fundamentalist view, religious extremism, religion, extremist motive, criminal offences of the religious extremist character.