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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SESSION 2020-21

CLASS-X

POLITICAL SCIENCE- Ch-4-Gender, Religion and Caste

Lesson Notes

SUB-TOPIC-3

SUB TOPIC NOTES
(Pg- 46,47)
Religion, Religion and Politics
Communalism Unlike gender differences, the religious differences are often expressed in the
and politics field of politics.

 Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from politics.
What he meant by religion was not anyparticular religion like Hinduism
or Islam but moral values that inform all religions. He believed that
politics must be guided by ethics drawn from religion.
 Human rights groups in our country have argued that most of the
victims of communal riots in our country are people from religious
minorities. They have demanded that the government take special steps
to protect religious minorities.
 Women’s movement has argued that FAMILY LAWS of all religions
discriminate against women. So they have demanded that government
should change these laws to make them more equitable.
Relationship between religion and politics:
 But they do not seem very wrong or dangerous
 People should be able to express in politics their needs, interests and demands
as a member of a religious community
 Those who hold political power should sometimes be able to regulate the
practice of religion so as to prevent discrimination and oppression.
 These political acts are not wrong as long as they treat every religion equally.
Communalism
Definition: Is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social
community.
Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community with the same
fundamental interests.