Diagnosis of Potentially Extremist Attitudes Test - the question form

1. My religious beliefs are more correct than those held by most people around me.

2. Violence is unacceptable, even if it is necessary to defend religious beliefs.

3. Human life is more important than a person's religious beliefs.

4. The authorities should use religious leaders to provide spiritual and moral education for young people and society.

5. It is possible to have close, friendly, and brotherly relationships with people of other religions.

6. There should be no place for fanaticism in religion.

7. Only a state built on a religious basis can be just.

8. A true believer who holds more correct beliefs often ends up in the minority, because most people around them do not share their correct religious ideals.

9. For a true believer who is on the right path, is death more desirable than a life full of temptations?

10. The lives of people of different religious denominations are equally important.

11. Islamic fundamentalists who use terror as a means of addressing political and religious issues are absolute evil.

12. Secular laws and law enforcement are not acceptable for a religious person.

13. You can obtain more complete and reliable religious information on the internet than from the imam at the local mosque.

14. From an Islamic perspective, suicide bombers commit a grave sin.

15. Muslims living in our country (including in Chechnya or another region of the Russian Federation) do not have the right to miss congregational Friday (Jumu'ah) prayers in central mosques.

16. As a Muslim, I am not at all interested in the material goods of this world.

17. A true believer should not listen to music.

18. So-called secular states that pursue aggressive policies in the world are a greater evil than terrorists who kill civilians.

19. True jihad (holy war) is the struggle against one’s own instincts (nafs) in peacetime.

20. Those who engage in armed struggle in various regions of the world (in the Middle East, etc.), calling themselves “warriors of Allah,” are in fact hardened terrorists and bandits.

21. I do not feel remorse or pity about the deaths of people of a different religious affiliation.

22. Any means are acceptable in establishing an Islamic legal order.

23. Sermons by mosque imams and theologians from the official muftiate are important for a better understanding of religion.

24. So-called Islamic radicals who carry out terrorist attacks are mostly mentally ill or morally deficient people.

25. People of other religions will always be hostile to and fight with true Muslims.

26. The entire so-called civilized world is opposed to the revival of Islam.

27. Any extreme measures, including violence, are justified to defend the interests of one’s own people.

28. Indigenous peoples living in their own territory have more rights than members of other peoples.

29. The infringement of the interests of certain ethnic groups is the main cause of extremism and terrorism.

30. In today’s world, it is absolutely necessary to preserve “blood purity” by avoiding interethnic marriages.

31. People of other nationalities do not benefit my society; they only exploit it.

32. People of other nationalities are the main source of threats to the values and traditions of the native population.

33. In any interethnic disputes or conflicts, should a person take the side of those with whom they have a blood relationship?

34. People of other nationalities disgust me.

35. The customs and traditions of other peoples are inferior in value to the customs and traditions of my people.

36. The life of a person of my nationality is more important than the life of a person of another nationality.

37. An individual’s interests are more important than the laws adopted by the state.

38. The laws that exist in the state are not needed by anyone?

39. I feel like a full citizen of the country where I live.

40. The state, with its laws and norms, is the main source of injustice in society.

41. Society is always opposed to the individual and their interests; therefore, the individual must constantly struggle against society.

42. In modern society, it is impossible to achieve a high socioeconomic status solely through legal means.

43. The government and law enforcement agencies are an important part of society, ensuring public order and citizens' safety.

44. Real power in countries around the world is in the hands of certain individuals or groups (e.g., Zionists, Freemasons, oligarchs, etc.).

45. Working in law enforcement is one of the most respected professions in society (along with teachers and doctors).

46. Democratic institutions (such as referendums, elections, and voting) have exhausted their potential and therefore should be abolished.