Create a 6 pages page paper that discusses religion as the foundation of instituting theocratic regimes: the connection between religion and violence.

Create a 6 pages page paper that discusses religion as the foundation of instituting theocratic regimes: the connection between religion and violence. Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs in the Indian subcontinent all asserted that they are sovereign nations, resulting in the division of India. As the Sikhs did not understand their aim to form an independent sovereign state, in due course they were granted a local state within the Indian federal polity. In accomplishing this, a great deal of violence has been let loose. Even though the Muslims did establish their own state, that is Pakistan, the division did not resolve the problem of the Muslims and Hindus as the adherents of both the societies are scattered all over the subcontinent of India. Hence the division only marginalized Muslims in India, and Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and this incident remains a basis of persistent violence (Haar & Busuttil, 2005). Two current instances of state creation on the basis of religious affiliation are Eritrea and Timor. The Muslim province of Eritrea is formed from Ethiopia, a Christian society. while Timor, a Christian region, is carved out of a Muslim society, India. The continuing resistance for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka is provoked by the religious affiliations of the factions in the struggle, namely, Tamil Hindus and Sinhalese Buddhists. Even as Hindu separatists in India view Buddhism as a branch of Hinduism, and eagerly integrate Buddhists into the Hindu Rashtra design, the two faiths are in aggressive competition for Sri Lanka. Likewise, even though Muslims and Hindus are implicated in continuous clashes in the Indian subcontinent, these two faiths are pacified in Indonesia.