o:8343 Religija i kriminalitet (sekte i terorističke organizacije) Religion and criminality (sects and terrorist organisations) en Apstrakt: Rad je posvećen relaciji religije i kriminaliteta, budući da se religija smatra najstarijim socijalnim faktorom uticaja na kriminalitet. U nauci su podeljena mišljenja o vezi religije i kriminaliteta. Na osnovu izvedenih zaključaka, smatramo da se u potpunosti može osporiti stav da između religije i kriminaliteta ne postoji povezanost, odnosno da se može potvrditi stav da vera samo blagotvorno utiče na čoveka u pogledu sprečavanja vršenja kriminala, ali i pokajanja i ispravljanja života izvršilaca krivičnih dela. Negativan uticaj, nazovi religije (kvazireligije), vezali bismo isključivo za destruktivne sekte i terorističke organizacije koje se pozivaju na religiju. Zašto kvazireligija? Religija predstavlja verovanje u Gospoda i pobožnost, a verovanje u izmišljotine i sumanute ideje bolesnih ljudskih duša, ne može biti vera i verovanje. U radu ćemo ih nazvati pravim imenom, jer ne zavređuju da se nazivaju verskim. Abstrakt: This paper observes the relationship between religion and criminality, considering that religion is considered the oldest contributing social factor to criminality. The relationship between religion and criminality represents a point of divergence in scientific studies. The conclusions drawn in this paper imply that the stance claiming there is no correlation between religion and criminality can be refuted, i.e., the stance claiming faith has an exclusively beneficial impact on people, regarding prevention of criminal activity, as well as atonement and rectification of the lives of perpetrators of criminal offences, can be confirmed. The negative impact of so-called religion (pseudo-religion) could be associated exclusively to destructive sects and terrorist organisations under the guise of religion. Why pseudo-religion? Because religion represents faith in the Lord and piety, while belief in fabrications and obscene ideas of perverse human souls cannot be referred to as faith and belief. For the purposes of this paper, these fabrications will be identified appropriately, as they do not warrant to be referred to as religious. Ključne reči: religija; kriminalitet; sekte; terorističke organizacije; pravoslavlje. Keywords: religion; criminality; sects; terrorist organizations; Orthodox Christianity. 1552100 978-86-86121-84-4 1552099 10.5937/PDSC25482P 2025-10-16T09:58:45.473Z 44 yes 46 Anamarija Popović University of Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in Novi Sad; Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđe u Novom Sadu 125713929 0009-0006-5304-7680 application/pdf 281371 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8343 no yes 16 70 92000004 XXII International Scientific Conference „Legal days – Prof. Slavko Carić” “Law and Justice” 22 482 492 Novi Sad : The University of Business Academy, The Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary 2025