communal violence
Communal violence refers to the organized and often deadly conflicts that arise between different religious, ethnic, or social groups within a community or society. It involves acts of aggression, such as riots, assaults, or collective discrimination, where the targeted group or members of different communities engage in violent actions against each other due to deep-seated prejudices, tensions, or historical disagreements.
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- aggression and violence
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- communalism
- communes
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- incidents of religious violence
- racial violence
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- religious violence
- ritual violence
- sacred violence
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