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Gender, Religion and Caste
The provisions are:
(i) Unlike Buddhism in Sri Lanka or Islam in Pakistan, our Constitution does not give a special status to any religion.
(ii) The Constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion or not to follow any.
(iii) The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion.
(iv) The Constitution allows the State to intervene in the matters of religion in order to ensure equality within religious communities. For example, it bans untouchability
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State different forms of communal politics with one example each.
When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to
In India seats are reserved for women in
Consider the following statements on the meaning of communal politics. Communal politics is based on the belief that
(A) One religion is superior to that of others.
(B) People belonging to different religions can live together happily as equal citizens.
(C) Followers of a particular religion constitute one community.
(D) State power cannot be used to establish the domination of one religious group over others.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
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