<P> With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation . However, neither India's constitution nor its laws define the relationship between religion and state . The laws implicitly require the state and its institutions to recognise and accept all religions, enforce parliamentary laws instead of religious laws, and respect pluralism . India does not have an official state religion . In matters of law in modern India, however, the applicable code of law is unequal, and India's personal laws - on matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, alimony - varies with an individual's religion . Muslim Indians have Sharia - based Muslim Personal Law, while Hindu, Christian and Sikh Indians live under common law . Neither jobs nor proper treatment for other religious candidates is permitted . Since Hindu leaders have a huge role in changing what a religion should be according to their views and add their own ideas in Muslim religion . India will never be a secular country . The attempt to respect unequal, religious law has created a number of issues in India such as acceptability of child marriage, polygamy, unequal inheritance rights, extra judicial unilateral divorce rights favorable to some males, and conflicting interpretations of religious books . </P> <P> Secularism as practiced in India, with its marked differences with Western practice of secularism, is a controversial topic in India . Supporters of the Indian concept of secularism claim it respects . Supporters of this form of secularism claim that any attempt to introduce a uniform civil code, that is equal laws for every citizen irrespective of his or her religion, would impose majoritarian Hindu sensibilities and ideals . Opponents argue that India's acceptance of Sharia and religious laws violates the principle of Equality before the law . </P> <P> Secularism is a divisive, politically charged topic in India . </P> <P> Indian religions are known to have co-existed and evolved together for many centuries before the arrival of Islam in the 12th century, followed by Mughal and colonial era . Ashoka about 2200 years ago, Harsha about 1400 years ago accepted and patronised different religions . The people in ancient South Asia had freedom of religion, and the state granted citizenship to each individual regardless of whether someone's religion was Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism or any other . Ellora cave temples built next to each other between 5th and 10th centuries, for example, shows a coexistence of religions and a spirit of acceptance of different faiths . </P>

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