What are the various forms of communalism in politics?
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the various forms of communalism in politics....
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Communalism can take various forms in politics:
i) The most common expression of communnalism is in everyday beliefs. these routinely involve religious prejudice, stereotypes of religious communities and belief in the superiority of one's religion over the other religions.
ii) A communal mind often leads to a quest for political dominance of one's own religious community. For those belonging to majority community, this takes the form of majoritarian dominanace.
iii) Political mobilisation on religious lines is another frequent form of communalism. This involves the use of sacred symbols religious leaders, emotional appeals and plain fear in order to bring the followers of one religion together in the political arena.
iv) Sometimes communalism takes its most ugly form of communal violence, riots and massacre. India and pakistan suffered some of the worst communal riots at that time of the Partition.