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Chapter : 4. Gender, Religion and Caste
Communalism
(b) Communalism : Communalism is a situation when a particular community tries to promote its own interest at the cost of other communities. The communalism problem becomes acute when : (i) Religion is seen as the basis of the nation. (ii) When one religion and its followers are discriminated against by another. (iii) When people start believing that beliefs of one religion are superior to those of other religion. (iv) When the demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another. (v) When state power is used to establish domination of one religious group over the rest.