How does communalism threaten the concept of India
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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 the primary unit of a society. People of different religions will obviously have divergent beliefs and this can prove to be hostile. This can lead to major social issues like wars among people of different communities and can also cause tension among various groups. Communalism in terms of democracies is a threat to the ideologies. In democracy, communal system is mainly being opposed.
Moreover, we've different forms of communalism and that are :
1. This is probably the most common form of communalism as it is 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.
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(i) The most common expression of communalism lies in our everyday beliefs. These routines involve belief in the superiority of one’s religion above other religions. (ii) A communal wind often leads to a quest for political dominance of one’s own religious community; it can take a form of a desire to create a separate political unit. (iii) Political mobilization based on religion is another form of communalism. This involves the use of sacred symbols, religious leaders, emotional appeal to bring the followers of one religion together in the political arena. (iv) Sometimes, communalism takes its most ugly form of violence, riots, and massacres. India and Pakistan suffered some of the worst communal riots at the time of partition.
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