Question

how does communalism take various forms in politics ?

Answer 1

There are many different forms of communalism in politics and they are as follows:

1. The common form of communalism are practiced on everyday customarily beliefs. It can be in the form of religious prejudices, stereotypes of religions communities, supremacy of one religion over the other religions. These beliefs are so common that we often fail to detect even when we believe in it.

2. It leads to a search for political dominance of religious community over others. It takes the form of majoritarian dominance for majority community, for minority community, it can take form of a desire to form a separate political unit.

3. The most frequent form of communalism is political enlistment on the religious guidelines. It involves the usage of sacred symbols, religions leaders, emotional appeal and creating fear in order to accumulate followers of one religious community in the political arena. It is materialized to gain advantage in electoral politics.

4. It often takes the form of communal violence, riots and massacre.

Answer 2

In politics, communalism can acquire various forms. These are:

# The most common form of communalism involves our everyday beliefs. These are religious prejudices, stereotypes of religious communities and belief in the superiority of one’s religion over other religions. These are so common that we often fail to notice it, even when we believe in it.

# It often leads to a pursuit for political dominance of one’s own religious community. It takes the form of majoritarian dominance, for those belonging to majority community and for people belonging to the minority community; it can take the form of a desire to form a separate political unit.

# Another common form of communalism is political mobilisation. It involves the use of sacred symbols, religious leaders, emotional appeal and plain fear in order to bring the

followers of one religion together in the political arena.

# Communal violence is the worst form of communalism. It acquires the political form when it is sponsored by the state.

# In a democracy, communalism may take the form when the majoritarian community starts believing in the superiority of their religion and ignores the wishes of the minorities.