On Monday in some countries have modestly and silently celebrated the International day of tolerance which is also named the World day of tolerance that same as the term speaking another language applied in the second case, is equivalent to the first concept. So, tolerance — what is it?

— Accurate formulations are given in the Declaration of principles of the tolerance accepted by UNESCO in 1995, — has told, answering this question, Vasvi Abduraimov, the political scientist, the chairman of the public organisation «Milli Firka», a putting problem to revive liquidated in the thirties the last century the Crimean Tatar party carrying the same name. — the tolerance, is marked in it, means respect, acceptance and correct understanding of rich variety of cultures of our world, our forms of self-expression and ways of display of human individuality. It should not be understood as a concession, indulgence or indulgence. The realised recognition of the universal rights both the basic freedom of the person and intention is meant it to confirm them in all spheres of a life. Its display, at the same time, does not mean the tolerant relation to social injustice, refusal of concession to another’s belief. Accepting the principles proclaimed in the Declaration, we thereby recognise that all people, at all their variety and dissimilarity against each other, possess the right to keep the individuality that sights of one person cannot be imposed another. Very essentially that the document obliges the states to be guided in all actions by the fair and impartial legislation, to give to each person of possibility for economic and social development without any discrimination.

— For the purpose of distribution of these principles of UNESCO has proclaimed in the Declaration the International day of tolerance which is marked since then annually on November, 16th. But in the message of the Secretary general of the United Nations on the occasion of this day in 2005 it has been declared that, despite all reasonable efforts under the statement in the tolerance world, in the conditions of growth of the population of the Earth and intensive migration xenophobia and extremism growth is everywhere observed. Whether rather late the world community has thought suddenly, after all intolerance at times already gets character of fanaticism?

— How the state of affairs has been started, it is impossible to lose hopes of changes, of situation change to the best. Because only in that society in which, having refused heterodoxy suppression, start to cultivate sprouts of tolerance and to suppose different views, other belief, other traditions and ceremonies, stability affirms, mechanisms of its development are started. It is obvious that it is a problem of the greatest complexity and while, in the conditions of globalisation, political one-polarity, it is on a global scale impracticable. An another matter — potential of regions. In particular in Crimea, where today a situation not from the simple. In my opinion, it is connected by that in it by these days there were not too many politicians, capable to mobilise a multinational Crimean society on realisation of the possibilities put in the special status of region, in the remained historical traditions, on restoration of its centuries-old, passing from father to son tolerance. But that all the same such politicians at us are, gives optimism and confidence of addition of their number. There will be also the young politicians well prepared for this field, burdened with experience of predecessors. It is necessary to hope that they will find the decision of our problems, and in this case Crimea will have a future.

— At all understanding of necessity of tolerance there is also an opinion that it becomes, I quote one of orthodox clerics, «a certain cover of indifference to good and harm mixture, the requirement to suffer frank displays of harm in this world, infringement of precepts of Bozhiih; such tolerance is some kind of totalitarianism». As the example, was resulted a case when «fords» the administration of Vsevolozhsk car factory has not allowed диакону to come to the known missionary to Andrey Kuraev in a cassock into enterprise assembly shop. The rabbi of a Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, declared has similarly arrived that will not admit delegation of Catholic priests to the Jewish relic while they will not remove the crosses. That more?

— Yes, from these examples of tolerance, as they say, also does not smell slightly. But I can tell with pride that in the program of our organisation among five strategic directions of its activity it is defined as the main maintenance in Crimea of the world, stability and mutual understanding of people living in it. Without achievement of this purpose achievement and all others, including revival is impossible for the Crimean Tatar nation, realisation of plans for development of other people of peninsula.

Apparently, Ukraine is today on a threshold of serious calls and, probably, serious changes which predict not only astrologists, but also recognised politicians. It is clear that only all together, tolerantly concerning ideological aspirations each other, to errors and contradictions, we can secure Crimea against waves of cataclysms, keep it and provide to it the best future.

But thus, certainly, it is not necessary to forget that our Crimea — a making part of the big space including not only Ukraine, but also the CIS as a whole, and also the Muslim and orthodox worlds. And, if we love our Crimea, should care and of this big space, equipping a life of people living on it.

Talked: Lev Rjabchikov

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