From a political perspective, the disruption of communal amity between India's Hindu and Muslims does stem from the seeds of hatred sown between the Hindu and M

From a political perspective, the disruption of communal amity between India's Hindu and Muslims does stem from the seeds of hatred sown between the Hindu and Muslim community by the British. They encouraged divisive identity politics of religion during the indian freedom movement by selectively backing conservative / religious fundamentalist leaders from both community to keep them from uniting politically. It's something we see even today - the west continues to back and exploit religious fundamentalist in the middle-east and in Pakistan / Afghanistan to further its interest. Osama Bin Laden and his mujahadeen worked for the US once. Taliban founders were trained by the USA. And the effect of this is far-reaching as history shows - the region where these religious fundamentalists were nurtured still haven't recovered and continue to see strife and violence. That said, today it is the fault of our political leaders when religious fundamentalists (from any community) get an upper hand.