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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Majidov's research deals with issues related to scientific atheism, es-

tablishment of atheistic worldview in socialist societies, factors leading

to acceptance of religion, methods for eradicating remnants of religion

from society, freedom of belief, and the like.

Majidov 's contributions include Oio Dinhoi Haqiqi Hastand? (Are

There Such Things as Real Religions?, Dushanbe, 1970); Vazifahoi

Muhimmi Propogondai Ilmi-Ateisti (The Important Duties of Scientific

Atheism, Dushanbe, 1971); Rivoji Ateizm dar Tojikiston (The Spread of

Atheism in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1975); Ta'sirnokii Targhiboti Ilmi-

Ateisti (The Impact of the Persuasion of Scientific Atheism, Dushanbe,

1977); Osobennosti formirovania nauchno-ateisticheskogo mirovozzre-

nia zhenshchin (The Peculiarities of the Formation of Women's Scien-

tific Atheism, Dushanbe, 1977); Islom (Islam, Dushanbe, 1980); and

Tarzi Haioti Sotsiolisti va Ateizm (Socialist Lifestyle and Atheism,

Dushanbe, 1984).