Q.5 What is the relationship between communalism and communal violence?
Ans: Communalism and communal violence are different but inter-related. The former is an ideology which preaches that people from a religious community share common social, economic, political and other kinds of interests which are incompatible with the interests of other communities. Communal violence is violent expression of the differences between different religious communities.
| Source : Book:IGNOU : Chapter-14: Page number : 146: PDF Link |
| Extra Info : Definition of Communalism ? Communalism is an ideology which share the visions of members a community formed on the basis of religion about themselves, other communities and nationalism. It has three elements: first, members of a religious community share common interests; two, people from two different religious communities do not share common interests; and three, relations between different religious communities are incompatible and hostile. |