How communalism threatens democratic politics
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Communalism, is referred in the western world as a “theory or system of government in which virtually autonomous local communities are loosely in federation”. Communalism is a political philosophy which proposes that market and money be abolished and that land and enterprises to be placed in the custody of community. But in the Indian sub-continent context, communalism has come to be associated with tensions and clashes between different religious communities in various regions.
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Communalism means that people of the same religion have common cultural, economic, political and social interests. Thus religion based communities form as the primary unit of a society. According to communal ideology, people of different religions have divergent interests and this can prove to be antagonistic. This often leads to communal tension. Moreover, in democracies, the political parties exploit the communal ideas and foster them to secure their selfish interests.
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