Aadhi Sesha Kumar. S, B.A. LL.B. (Hons), Saveetha School of Law, SIMATS, Chennai
ABSTRACT
India has long been recognised for its cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity. As is obvious, it is the origin of four main global religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. The Constitution of India was designated a secular state in 1950 by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976, which implies that everyone has the freedom to practise his or her faith freely. Religion is defined as a belief that binds man's spiritual essence to a supernatural being as including a sense of dependency and obligation, as well as the sentiments and activities that naturally come from such a belief. In India, religious conversion is protected by the Constitution as a right to religious freedom. The study's main goal is to determine the primary reason for conversion from one religion to another, to determine whether conversion from one religion to another by force is illegal, and to determine whether conversion from one religion to another will improve people's lives better than they had before. The research method followed is empirical research. The data is collected through a questionnaire and a sample size is 200. Simple random sampling method is adopted in the study to collect the data. The samples were collected from in and around Chennai. The independent variables are age, gender, educational qualification, occupation and marital status of the respondents. The dependent variables are that conversion by force is illegal, conversion from one religion to another will improve the life of people, what are the reasons for the conversion of religion. The researcher used the bar charts and chi square test to analyse the data collected. There are some of the acts such as anti conversion laws which say about the sanctions on a person who made people convert from one religion to another by force.
Keywords: Conversion, Religion, force, Betterment of life, Influence, Change of beliefs
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