Question

Being a Multi- religious state India is always vulnerable to Inter-Religious and Intra-Religious domination. How does Indian secularism prevent this domination? Explain by giving examples.

Answer 1

Indian secularism prevents domination of one religion over the other by:

• Specifying freedom of religion as one of the fundamental rights. Freedom of religion as one of the fundamental rights entails free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, freedom to manage religious affairs, freedom from certain taxes, and freedom from religious instructions in specific educational institutes.

Apart from that,

• Festivals of all the religions are treated equally and are declared public holidays
• Welfare schemes are valid to people from all religions
• Public spaces like parks, roads, and shops are available to people from all religions