Roy article [Seduski, Week 11, Substantive]

I like Painpur's point about how it wasn't necessarily religion which caused fighting and riots between Hindus and Muslisms, it was simply the culture attached to the religious persons in Painpur. The fact is that Hindus and Muslisms have to get along in other areas of the world (I can't name any, but I'm sure not every Hindu and Muslism group hates each other), and thus it is more of a communal conflict than anything else. In this area, Muslisms and Hindus are different nation-states, and while they have defined their nations by religious differences, it is not the root cause of the fighting. Rather, the fighting takes place due to the fact that both nations are struggling for power. They have both created an "other" which they direct their aggression and hatred towards. What's important to remember is that religion didn't cause this conflict, it is simply the main distinction between the two groups (in my opinion).