Religion, Communalism and Politics
Religion, Communalism and Politics: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Political Expression of Religious Differences, Communalism, Communal Prejudices, Constitutional Provisions for Secularism in India & Forms of Communalism in Politics etc.
Important Questions on Religion, Communalism and Politics
Communal politics is based on which of the following ideas as assumption?
Which of the following is associated with communalism?
The Constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.
A communal mind often leads to a quest for _____(political/rural) dominance of one’s own religious community.
The most common expression of communalism is in _____(everyday/preaching) beliefs.
In its extreme form _____(Nationalism/Communalism) leads to the belief that people belonging to different religions cannot live as equal citizens within one nation.
Communalism follows that people who follow _____(different/same) religions cannot belong to the same social community.
Communal politics is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social community.
Family laws of all religions discriminate against women.
Many countries, including India have in their population, followers of different religions.
