Which of the following statements are objectively false regarding communalism?

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“People belonging to different religions cannot live as equal citizens within one nation. Either, one of them has to dominate the rest or they have to form different nations.”

“The problem (of communalism) becomes more acute when religion is expressed in politics in exclusive and partisan terms when one religion and its followers are pitted against another.”

“ This happens when beliefs of one religion are presented as superior to those of other religions when the demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another.”

“This becomes a problem when … state power is used to establish the domination of one religious group over the rest.”

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“People belonging to different religions cannot live as equal citizens within one nation. Either, one of them has to dominate the rest or they have to form different nations.” is false regarding communalism among the following.
Communalism means that all the followers of one religion must belong to only one community. When one religious group’s beliefs are deemed superior to those of other religions, it is called "communal thinking. The belief that people belonging to different religions cannot live within one nation and so should form a different country is the most extreme form of this line of thought. Communal politics occurs when the demands of one religious group are pitted against those of others, and state power is used to designate one religious group's dominance over the others in a country. In these situations, the problem of communalism becomes acute.

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