What is the role of religious leaders  in the progress of a country like India?
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I don't think that religious leaders have a significant role in prosperity of the nation they only improve the spirituality and morale among the citizens
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You are comparing a theocratic state and secular states. In United States, push from Christian groups are there to teach Christianity in schools. However, US laws strictly separates the church and the state. Any fedaral funded school or institution cannot teach religion - they can teach it from a cultural aspect but not the religious texts directly. The biggest thing is that the west has gone through dark ages and renaissance where people started empowering themselves. It has not happened in any third world country. Reforms and chages are put on people who are not reformed. That is why culture, religion and state are in a mess.
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By imposing religious values of one religion on all people\n\nIn the Western democracies there is a considerable freedom of religion. &#92;\nOn the other hand in the Muslim countries there is very little or none.\nFor example in Saudi Arabia, travelers have their bibles confiscated. Not-Muslims are not allowed to visit Mecca. The substantial number of Non-Muslims from India, Philippines, and the West are working in Saudi, yet no churches, or temples are allowed. The non-Muslims get arrested for celebrating Christians or Devali in their private homes. The non-Muslims are not even allowed to burry their dead in Saudi, the corpses are being sent back to their countries of origins for burial!\nOther Muslim countries are only slightly less oppressive to their minorities:\nIn Pakistan and Bangladesh Hindus are being so persecuted and their numbers have gone down to just a quarter since independence. \nChristianity used to be just as oppressive as Islam; fortunately it has gradually lost most of its power over the last 5 centuries.
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More than ever.  The debackle in Iraq is a perfect example why religion has no place in politics.  The Iraqi people  will not succeed in having an effective government until they employ this theory. Religion kills more people in the name of war than any other single factor, this is especially true in most Islamic countrys because anyone who wishes to interpret the Koran can do so, and many will do it to achieve their own objectives.  Look at Turkey, this is an Islamic country that has acheived much success because thet do seperate church and state.
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I think religion. In Christianity you can get people to give you one tenth of their income plus more by pointing out some old pages from Malachi and threatening them with hellfire. In Islam, the going rate is 2 and a half percent plus whatever else you can give. In Hinduism there is a going rate and I would imagine it is enough to keep the priests in good health. With politics you can be voted out of office. With religion you are always in office.
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*Fades in from the darkest corner of the street*\n\nGosh! From where do you get the ideas for these interesting questions. The best part is that all your questions require a certain amount of thought process. Love those questions!\n\nNow, time for my answer, here it is-\n\nA religion serves many different purposes in a culture, I'll list the ones on the top of my mind here-\n\n1- A religion generates unity and integrity values in a culture as the people start having common beliefs and hence, common interests.\n\n2- A religion fills a color in the cultural lives of the people. People who follow a common religion are bound to have some common festivals, rituals, ceremonies etc. This not only brings people together, but also "spices up" their lives.\n\n3- A religion sometimes also decides the longeivity of a certain culture. A culture founded on the base of strong spiritual and religeous supports is less likely to be affected by the external influences like- Political invasion, cultural clashes And intra-community quarrels/disputes etc.\n\n4- A religion also helps in strengthening the moral roots of a culture. The culture in which children are taught what's wrong, what's "sin" and what's good from the early stages of their lives is more likely to produce honest, truthful, patriotic, loyal, spiritual and open-minded citizens and such cultures excel in all the fields of study and yield more competent, efficient and intellectual people to the world.\n\n*Fades out back in the dark street corner*
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First, to The Cleric, Mahatma Gaundi was male.\n\nSecond to answer the askers question. No.  India is not ruled by a king and even if they were the succession of Kings is determined by blood lines.
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SECULAR SYSTEM IN INDIA WILL TAKE IT ON HEIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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Reservation, awaken ur self, the parents make love and the seed is sowed, the seed of Love-Lord, fed by the mother earth in the form of food provided. This form-body keeps growing, cosuming the mother earth and the mind (ideas, inputs from others) keeps growing, but we do not know the soul, seed, as we never accessed it. When u start clearing ur mind of all the ideas and go to find the truth, about who u r, u will find what Jesus, Nanak, Muhammad, Buddha, Krishn, Ram, Sai Baba, Mahaveer and many others found, the truth.The truth is we are all powerful, complete, in-dependant. Now this is what u get when u find ur self or become self-realised.\n\nBut who do we learn from normally, unrealised people, incomplete people. Look at the politicians, beauraucrats, teachers, gurus, religious heads, parents, etc, these are unrealised people, incomplete people. They are playing the game of control, control on outer world, converting people to their faith, playing the number game to be in power, as they do not have access to the power within. That is what reservation game is all about. Vote bank politics, divide and rule.\nFools r people who r supporting the RESERVATION thinking that they will benefit. We need to learn from history, only politicians have benefitted.\n\nYes I am proud to be Indian, Bhaarat Bhaagya Vidhaata. The predictions r that India is the next super power, believe it, it is, and with a difference, it will be by healing the mother earth and re-uniting the people, faiths.\nLove
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Religious...Reform, actually.\nWhy?
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The western donors mostly contribute for charity meant for people oriented services and not confined to Christians only. But the Churches in India are obsessed with the command of Pope that they must not be outnumbered by the Muslims. Since they can not touch the Muslims and in India the government is too soft and the people are too liberal; taking advantage of the poverty and illiteracy among the socially oppressed, the Church converts them. But the new converts suffer from an identity crisis in the society. They come back to the Hindu fold to regain social dignity.
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Ya, I think that in today the way the country is ruled by a puppet in the hands of a foreigner we need a leader like Hitler. The reason for this is the ruling congress party and the oppositions. The congress party which has a history of dividing india in the name of religion, caste etc. Even today it is doing the same. So we need a leader like Hitler
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There will be corruption with or without religion. Religious people that are involved in corruption are more obvious because of the hypocritical nature of what they are doing.
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can you a little more clear plz. I am an Indian and I know a lot about India .. May be I can help you but did not get your question .. what is it exactly you are looking for about religion or Government ... or ???\n\nABout India is that the people are very nice in India ... there are more than 50 religions and more than 500 languages in India and if you go into one town you will find almost every religion and language and love among them... people don't care about religion and language ,, they care about LOve and habits of others. People welcome even strangers into their homes because it is Indian saying that GUESTS ARE LIKE GOD and they should be respected ......\nIndia is a beautiful country but the Government is corrupted. they is lot of corruption in government offices but the current Indian Prime minister is very honest and hard working man. Official works in India are done very slowly and only with bribes.... OTHERWISE I love India because of the friendly people.
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I live in India. The best thing about our country is that we are secular. We have a Muslim as the President, a Sikh as the Prime Minister and a Roman Catholic Woman leader(Sonia Gandhi-she's Italian).
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DESPITE. While many claim we are a Christain nation, there have been many advancements that had nothing to do with religion. If anything, religon has held us back from becoming a greater spiritual nation...spirituality is way different from religion which is manmade.
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This is a very complex question that you would have to research India's history to undersand.\n\nIndia has a long history of a wide gap of poverty between certain factions. Even today while they are experiencing great economic growth, there is severe poverty within the muslims sections of the society. \n\nEven the Hindu section sees this, my grandmother is Hindu and from India. It seems to me that India has a big problem of religious discrimination.