Examine the salience of Right to Freedom of Religion in India?
Right to Freedom of Religion:
(i)Every person has a right to profess, practice and propagate the religion he or she believes in.
(ii)Every religious group or sect is free to manage its religious affairs. A right to propagate one’s religion, however, does not mean that a person has right to compel another person to convert into his religion by means of force, fraud, inducement or allurement. Of course, a person is free to change religion on his or her own will.
(iii)Freedom to practice religion does not mean that a person can do whatever he wants in the name of religion. For example, one cannot sacrifice animals or human beings as offerings to supernatural forces or gods.
(iv)Religious practices which treat women as inferior or those that infringe women’s freedom are not allowed.
(v)For example, one cannot force a widowed woman to shave head or wear white clothes.
