Question

What is communal politics?

OR

When does the communal problem become acute?

Answer 1

Religion is used in politics in exclusive and partisan terms. This manner of using religion in politics is communal politics.

The communal problem becomes acute when:

i) Religion is seen as the basis of a nation.

ii) When one religion and its followers are discriminated against another.

iii) When people start believing that beliefs of one religion are superior to those of other religions.

iv) When demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another.

v) When the state power is used to establish the domination of one religious group over the rest.