Difference Between Religion And Secularism

Relation between communalism and secularism: Freedom of religion is very essential for the peace loving society. There is no doubt that religious freedom is essential but what should be the ambit of religion, especially in multi religious society is the issue in India. Supreme Court makes the demarcation between essential practices of religion and secular activities of religion. In a leading case, the Supreme Court of India stated that secularism is “more than a passive attitude of religious tolerance; it is a positive concept of equal treatment of all religions,” asserting at the same time that “when the State allows citizens to profess and practise religion it does not either explicitly or impliedly allow them to introduce …show more content…
Generally freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right, a right which put negative obligation on the state to non interference but exactly it is not right. State is under obligation to protect the right of religion of the people in case of violation. Actually we are now in the area of globalization so this is also one of the reason why the idea of secularism got the world recognition. We have already adopted the idea of secularism but still religion based society is deeply rooted in the minds of the people so there is a need to covert this theoretical aspect in the practice of all with the help of the process of secularisation. Communalism, what it means in Indian continent and Secularism cannot subsist together but in Indian context this impossible thing becomes possible actually principles of secularism appear in constitutional document only but not in the mind set of governed or government and Communalism exist in practice although it is not given any place in …show more content…
In the age of technology media can be a good medium to reform the misconception among the common people. Whenever any social-political problem is considered it cannot be understand in isolation. In Indian context the illiteracy is a big problem and Indian people are ready to do blind faith in the name of religion, which is used by the interested group of the society for their own gain either they are political leaders or religious guru like- radhe Maa, leaders of communal organisation. There is a need to create such zeal or temper in the attitude of the individuals, that they have the inbuilt quality to go for the logics and reasoning instead of blind believe. This can only be done by giving quality education and inclusive development of all. Democracy is given by the Constitution but it is so effectively used by the Indian people and some interested group of the society take the benefit of it on the communal ground, which resulted into destruction and disharmony. Communal violence, consequence of communalism is becomes the day to day