The Indian Constitution allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practices
2)Saudi Arabia
3)secular
5)secular principles.
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1)According to the study material, religion should be kept separate from the State because: It enables the country to function democratically. The people belonging to the minority communities can otherwise be harmed by the domination of the majority and there can be an infringement of the Fundamental Rights.
2) The separation of the State and religion in democratic societies is important because of the following reasons:
•It helps a country to function democratically.
•The tyranny of the majority and the violation of Fundamental Rights can be very harmful to the people belonging to the minority. So, it protects people from any type of religious violence.
•It protects the freedom of individuals to exit from their religion, embrace another religion. It gives people the freedom to interpret religious teachings differently.
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3)In the western context, secularism is a negative term that means the state will not support any religion and there will be no official religion of the state while in Indian context secularism is a positive term which means although the state will not have any official religion the state will support all religion
4)India adopted a strategy of separating the power of religion and the power of the State. Secularism refers to this separation of religion from the State. The Indian Constitution allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practise it.
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LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1)The government will surely intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practice infanticide. Needless to say that the practice of infanticide is a crime. Under this practice the life of a newly-born child is killed. The law does not allow anyone to kill a life.
2)Different views are followed even within the same religion. As for example, only in the Hindu religion, we have hundreds of deities worshipped by different groups of people. Similarly, in the Muslim community, there are Shiyas and Shunnis. In Jainas, there are Shwetambar and Digambar sects. In Buddha Dharma, there are Hinayaans and Mahayaans.
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1) religious
The Indian Constitution allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practices
2)Saudi Arabia
3)secular
5)secular principles.
short answer
1)According to the study material, religion should be kept separate from the State because: It enables the country to function democratically. The people belonging to the minority communities can otherwise be harmed by the domination of the majority and there can be an infringement of the Fundamental Rights.
2) The separation of the State and religion in democratic societies is important because of the following reasons:
•It helps a country to function democratically.
•The tyranny of the majority and the violation of Fundamental Rights can be very harmful to the people belonging to the minority. So, it protects people from any type of religious violence.
•It protects the freedom of individuals to exit from their religion, embrace another religion. It gives people the freedom to interpret religious teachings differently.
(or refer to the attachment)
3)In the western context, secularism is a negative term that means the state will not support any religion and there will be no official religion of the state while in Indian context secularism is a positive term which means although the state will not have any official religion the state will support all religion
4)India adopted a strategy of separating the power of religion and the power of the State. Secularism refers to this separation of religion from the State. The Indian Constitution allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practise it.
5)refer to the 2nd attachment
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1)The government will surely intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practice infanticide. Needless to say that the practice of infanticide is a crime. Under this practice the life of a newly-born child is killed. The law does not allow anyone to kill a life.
2)Different views are followed even within the same religion. As for example, only in the Hindu religion, we have hundreds of deities worshipped by different groups of people. Similarly, in the Muslim community, there are Shiyas and Shunnis. In Jainas, there are Shwetambar and Digambar sects. In Buddha Dharma, there are Hinayaans and Mahayaans.
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