Religion in politics is primarily because of more than one religion existing in a country. In a country where only one religion exists, religion does not disrupt the political affairs. However, in a country like ours where numerous religions exist, religion in politics could be interfering and disruptive.

In a major number of political parties, religion is one of the basic criteria while choosing a leader for the concerned party. Religion comes into play not only while choosing a political party leader but also while gaining votes. Especially in t

Riots also result in destruction of national wealth, thereby eating away scarce resources in rebuilding rather than for progress. Religious intolerance and resulting law and order problems project bad image of the country. This in turn also affects the economic progress of the country.

The worse result of this interference of religion and provoking the masses on basis of religion could be the sectioning of the country. Like in the case of partition of Pakistan and India. The Muslims had played the religious card and British taking advantage of this played their political card and separated Pakistan from India. One more example of this, is the conflict between the Bosnian Muslims and the Serbs in erstwhile Yugoslavia, which resulted in partition of the country into two separate internationally recognized countries Bosnia and Serbia. Religion has created the notion of “identity” as in “one superior to other” making the minor religions feel insecure and suppressed. This issue could also bec

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