alleryIn its extreme form communalism claims that people of different religions:
AShould vote for one party only
BHave to speak a single language
CCannot live as equal citizens
DMust share one common temple
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Cannot live as equal citizens
1. Communalism begins with the belief that religion is the sole basis of social community.
2. Pushed to its extreme it holds that people of different religions cannot live as equal citizens within one nation.
3. It then demands that one side dominate, or that separate nations be formed.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Democratic Politics II', Ch 4 'Gender, Religion and Caste'_
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