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Uni-Culture Nation or Multi-Culture Nation For the last one hundred years, two different political groups in India have tried to mould the country along the lines of their own thinking, are favouring secular ideology, and the other Hinduism. The ideas of each are totally different from one another. The paradox is that both are in agreement that India should have a common civil code for all. When looked at impartially, though, a uniform civil code is against the concepts of both groups. If they are sincere in their ideology, they should not support an idea like a uniform code. Secularism means opting for a policy of non-interference by the state in matters of religion. According to the principle of freedom of faith and religion, the government administers only common, worldly matters. This is the internationally agreed upon concept of secularism. It is along these lines that the Constitution of India has been framed. The difficulty arises when certain people interpret UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY 45
secularism as a religion in itself, and in their clinging to the belief that by dispensing with the prevalent religions, secularism encompasses all aspects of private as well as public life. But this is extremism, something which is to be found in all religious groups and ethical systems. In Islam itself extremists interpret Islam as if it were a religion purely of politics and war. This is, however, over-exaggeration and fanaticism. This is far from being Islam’s true representation. It is a fact that secularism and a uniform civil code are at opposite poles. The secular group of India, if it is so in the true sense of the word, should not talk of a uniform civil code, since the basic principle of secularism is religious freedom and freedom in the private sphere. The other group, who wants to proceed on the basis of Hindu ideology, should know that attempts to bring people belonging to various groups under the same civil code is against its own cherished concepts. The basic principle of Hindu ideology is sarva dharma sambhava, that is, all religions are true. One of the fundamental attributes of Hinduism is belief in unity in diversity. To it, reality has many forms in appearance but the inner essence is one and the same. Hinduism thus believes in seeing oneness in manyness. A civil code, or any code for that matter, has to do with externals and not with inner spirit. It, therefore, goes against the Hindu point of view to attempt to enforce a 46 UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY
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