Blend of politics and religion has signaled a shift toward muscular, majoritarian , religiously inspired nationalism In The Clash of Civilizations, published in 1996, Samuel P Huntington highlighted that after the end of the Cold War, cultural and religious identities will be a major source of conflict between the states and that future wars will be fought on civilizational lines. Since then, religion has become a prominent element in the socio-cultural identity of the state and has turned into a driving political force in interstate and intrastate conflicts. The new blend of politics and religion has signaled a shift toward...