The article is devoted to the development of Sufism in the territory of Mavaraunnahr. It analyzes the religious and military-political processes that preceded the Islamization of the region and population, as well as the ways and means that were used by the Arabs to achieve their goals. Chronologically, the article covers the processes of the 7th-11th centuries. The Islamization of the population of Mavaraunnahr, which by this period had its long-standing historical and cultural roots and heritage, was ambiguously difficult in several stages. Sufi orders played a major role in the final Islamization of the region.

This article analyzes the fact that information is becoming a powerful tool capable of changing the fate and future of any society, nation. Today, under the influence of the virtual world, the process of universalization is taking place in the cultural sphere of societies with different values and traditions. It is scientifically and theoretically based.

This article describes the issues of religious tolerance, inter-religious relations, legal basis of religious relations, attitude to religious values, freedom of conscience and religious beliefs.

The article presents the results of sociological research to compare the opinions of ancient philosophers about freedom with different interpretations and modern views. In particular, in the process of comparison, their opinions were considered in addition to their relevance and different from each other, i.e. differentiation sides. Many studies show that it is not possible to define the concept of freedom in one way, its first interpretations go back to ancient times, and they can be taken as the basis of all points of view. In the research presented in this article, an attempt was made to justify these theses through a sociological survey. The results of the research are summarized and the issue of freedom is still relevant today.