Communalism has this belief that people of a different religion cannot live together in one single nation as equal citizens. The only solution is that they could live in a different nation or one could dominate others. Two situation in which problem of communalism becomes acute are as follows:
• In politics, religion is often expressed as exclusive and as a supporter of the various parties. The problem arises when one religion was set against another
• Beliefs of one religion were made superior against the other religions or the demand of one religion was given preference over another one.