communalism
الطائفية
definition
noun
He deplored the rise of communalism and ethnic-based politics.
a principle of political organization based on federated communes.
He appealed to the people to frustrate the evil designs of those people who wanted to undermine national unity and integrity by spreading communalism in the society.
allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to the wider society.
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The inability of any section of the ruling class to end this disastrous conflict stems from the fact that it can no more relinquish 'communalism' than it can give up its wealth and social privileges.
The truth is both the Indian and Pakistani elites have tried to defect social discontent by fanning 'communalism' and religious fundamentalism.
The rise of 'communalism' and role of hate propaganda could have been highlighted better.
From poetry-reading to kite-flying it is a day to retie the threads of a composite culture threatened by 'communalism' .
suburban individualism and inner-city 'communalism'
The women stood on the traffic island holding banners and posters against 'communalism' and violence while the children recited poems highlighting the need for love and humaneness.
Moreover the relationship in itself and social goodwill and the economic uplift connected to it would also help in solving the internal problems of ethnicity and 'communalism' that have gripped these societies.
To carry this through, workers must decisively reject all forms of 'communalism' and racism.
The resort to 'communalism' is a desperate attempt by the ruling elite to divert the mounting anger and frustration and to set working people against each other.
When Urdu was the dominant language there was no feeling of 'communalism' .
It can be read as a long-running dialectic between individualism and 'communalism' .
She was attracted to 'communalism' , practiced homeopathy and diet reform, critiqued unfair labor practices, and excoriated men for their treatment of women.
Even though 'communalism' is the chief source of recent violence in the district, the State by its inability to restrain it bears equal responsibility for the violence.
It is a great pity that 'communalism' has gripped the minds of those great leaders who were called the pillars of Congress’.
The SEP calls on workers to decisively reject all forms of 'communalism' and chauvinism and to champion the democratic rights of all, regardless of their ethnicity, language or religion.
All of them bear responsibility for the social disaster created by the protracted war, the destruction of basic democratic rights and the growth of ethnic hatred and 'communalism' .
Values and principles such as sharing, co-operation, altruism, 'communalism' , nonviolence, nonconfrontation, consultation, consensus.
At a certain point in the nineties, the NBA sought to move in the direction of developing such a holistic agenda, connecting issues of 'communalism' , militarization, neoliberal globalization.
In 1972, 'communalism' was entrenched in the constitution, which makes Buddhism the state religion.
In Sri Lanka, where the ruling class has resorted to 'communalism' to buttress its rule for decades, nationalism takes particularly reactionary forms.
We have to fight this menace of 'communalism' and terrorism together.
He deplored the rise of 'communalism' and ethnic-based politics.
Perhaps, given dozens, even hundreds of attempts, it could begin to shift all of humanity towards peaceful, carefully administrated 'communalism' , but by then how far would Its mind be gone?
His school practised secrecy and 'communalism' making it hard to distinguish between the work of Pythagoras and that of his followers.
The fundamental element of Sri Lankan politics since independence in 1948, and even before, has been the predominance of 'communalism' .
It may sound old-fashioned but the best way to tackle 'communalism' is surely bringing people together to stand up for their common interests.
He identified 'communalism' as the biggest curse of the society.
Today more than ever, their struggles against patriarchy involve confronting 'communalism' within their own communities.
They have failed to check the rising 'communalism' in the society.
Israel is a socialist state founded on 'communalism' (kibbutzes for example).
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