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Assesses the Muslim-Hindu conflict in India. Tenet of Hindutva, a Hindu far-right ideology; Analysis of the state-sponsored terror in Gujarat, India; Argument supporting the notion that a Hindu extremist takeover of India at the national level is highly unlikely; Support provided by U.S. right-wing Hindu groups to far-right groups in India.

Investigates how the Muslim community of the Androth Island in India transformed a disagreement regarding Sufi ritual practice into a moral divide that sanctioned a provocative fatwa, mosque expulsions and violence. Factors which contributed to the conflict in the community; Impact of the ethnic and sectarian violence in Delhi, India, Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka on the religious conflict among the islanders; Effect of the conflict in the island on the growth of the Indian state.

Analyzes the ethnic movements of the Tamilnadu during the 1950s and 1960s, the Sikhs in Punjab during the 1980s, and the Muslims in Kashmir during the 1990s, with the focus at derivings some genaral conclusions. Periodic demands for more control and power by a variety of ethnic groups; Two Dimensions of the political context; Implications which concern normative and policy issues.

Discusses postmodern literature on Hindu-Muslim conflict in India. Issues concerning the origins and spread of Hindu-Muslim antagonisms; Distinction between communal conflict and communal identity-formation; Arguments regarding the establishment of truth about the cause and effect of communal violence between Muslims and Hindus.