It is inevitable to ignore the relationship between politics and religion. In what way does this relationship impact modern day politics? Explain... Please tell
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It is impossible to ignore the relationship between politics and religion. In current day politics, religion based politics is not wrong as long as they treat every religion equally.
But the problem arises when religion is seen as the basis of national politics. And this form of religion based politics is often known as communal-based politics.
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It is impossible to ignore the relationship between politics and religion. In current day politics, religion based politics is not wrong as long as they treat every religion equally.
But the problem arises when religion is seen as the basis of national politics. And this form of religion based politics is often known as communal-based politics.
(i) Views of Gandhiji : Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from politics. What he meant by religion was not any particular religion like Hinduism or Islam, but the moral values that are there in all religions. According to him, politics must be guided by ethics drawn from all religions.
(ii) Views of Human rights groups : Human rights groups in our country have argued that most of the victims of communal riots in our country are people from religious minorities. They have demanded that the government should take special steps to protect religious minorities.
(iii) Women’s Movements : Women’s movements have argued that family laws of all religions discriminate against women. So they have demanded that the government should change these laws to make them more equitable.