江泽民同志指出 ,当今世界一些地区的热点问题 ,绝大多数是由民族、宗教矛盾引起的。现在一些国家和地区 ,冲突不断 ,战火连绵 ,国无宁日 ,民不聊生 ,根本谈不上发展经济。民族宗教矛盾的产生 ,一般都有十分复杂的历史背景和现实原因。苏联解体、东欧剧变以后 ,以美国为首的西 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out that the overwhelming majority of the hot issues in some parts of the world today are caused by ethnic and religious contradictions. Nowadays, in some countries and regions, there are still clashes and conflicts, and there is no peace in the country. The emergence of ethnic and religious contradictions generally have very complicated historical background and realistic reasons. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the United States led the West