A person generally follows the religion of his parents, whether adoptive or birth parents. Very rarely a person changes his religion and that is because something of that new religion had impressed upon his mind.
India is a secular country. The term 'secular' is used in the very preamble to the Constitution. By secular it is meant that there is no religion of the State. State shall neither promote one religion nor demote the other. In other words, the State shall not interfere with man's relation with God.
The Constitution of India expressly lays down the freedom of religion, both in its equality clauses that state that there shall be no discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, sex, etc and also more expressly under its Articles 25-28 that lay the freedom of religion.
Article 25 provides that a person has a right to practice, profess and propagate his religion.
Article 25(1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion.
Thus, this Article gives the right to propagate the teachings of one's religion and also the freedom to follow any religion that an individual chooses to follow. However, this does not give a right to forcefully convert individuals in one's religion in the name of propagation. Under the indian Constitution every religion has an equal status and every individual is free to follow the religion of his choice. No agency has a right to impose upon his religious beliefs. The very act of forceful conversion is against the spirit of the Cobstitution and against the principle of secularism.
India is a secular country. The term 'secular' is used in the very preamble to the Constitution. By secular it is meant that there is no religion of the State. State shall neither promote one religion nor demote the other. In other words, the State shall not interfere with man's relation with God.
The Constitution of India expressly lays down the freedom of religion, both in its equality clauses that state that there shall be no discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, sex, etc and also more expressly under its Articles 25-28 that lay the freedom of religion.
Article 25 provides that a person has a right to practice, profess and propagate his religion.
Article 25(1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion.
Thus, this Article gives the right to propagate the teachings of one's religion and also the freedom to follow any religion that an individual chooses to follow. However, this does not give a right to forcefully convert individuals in one's religion in the name of propagation. Under the indian Constitution every religion has an equal status and every individual is free to follow the religion of his choice. No agency has a right to impose upon his religious beliefs. The very act of forceful conversion is against the spirit of the Cobstitution and against the principle of secularism.
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