Religious Violence in Nigeria – the Causes and Solutions: an Islamic Perspective BY A. O. Omotosho Swedish Missiological Theme 2003‚ P. 15-31 Introduction M. M.C. K. Ajuluchukwu in his rejoinder to Northern Zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s booklet Leadership in Nigeria observes: “Ordinary Nigerian know nothing about inter-religious cleavages except when incited by their respective doctrinal leader. 1” This remark is a challenge and indictment to Nigerian religious leaders‚
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Religious Crises in the North: Which Way Out of this Quagmire? By Aliyu A. Ammani aaammani@yahoo.co.uk This essay is an attempt at identifying the remote and immediate causes of the incessant religious crises in northern towns and cities‚ if you’d rather the so-called middle belt political zone of the north. In expressing this view‚ there is no intention on my part to mock the bones of those who died so long ago and who tried‚ however ineffectually‚ to lead their people.
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60 per cent from 2006 until 2011‚ reaching an all time high of 23.90 per cent in December 2011. The NBS measures unemployment rate by the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. In its Economic Report on Nigeria released in May this year‚ the World Bank noted that “Nigeria’s annual growth rates that average over seven per cent in official data during the last decade place the nation among the fastest growing economies in the world noting that the growth has
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Unfortunately‚ Nigeria is a country that is continuously weighed-down by religious burdens. Sustainable religious-peace across Nigeria have been aborted times without number due to the recurrent cases of religious conflicts. As this religious conflict lingers and rears its ugly head in different parts of the country‚ it continues to direct and influence the perception of the worldview of Nigerians. The paper showed that the imperial hands of the colonialists could be found in the foundation of religious conflict
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Dedication ………………………………….. ..i Preface …………………………………….......ii Acknowledgement ……………………………iii Table of contents ……………………………..IV Topic: religious unrest in Nigeria‚ causes and effects. Chapter 1 1.1 Definitions of religion. 1.2 Types of religion. 1.3 Types of religion and religious unrest in Nigeria. Chapter 2 2.1 causes of religious unrest 2.2
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2013 Education and Religious Intolerance in Nigeria: The Need for Essencism as a Philosophy Barrister Samuel Asuquo Ekanem‚ Ph.D Department of Educational Foundations And Administration Faculty of Education‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar – Nigeria. Ekeng Nyong Ekefre‚ Ph.D Department of Educational Foundations And Aministration Faculty Of Education‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar- nigeria Doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n2p303 Abstract Nigeria as a nation is plaque
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ETHNO RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND REMEDY. BY MUHAMMAD GAMBO ISGOGO HASSAN ADAMU MAKUKU UMAR HAMIDU ALIYU ABSTRACT Introduction Nigeria is no doubt a populous nation of over 88 million (1991 population census) but as at now Nigeria’s population is estimated to be above 120 million people of diverse ethnic groups and many religions. Its people are differently distributed in the 36 states that made up the nation. In addition to this‚ the nation is blessed with many economic potentialities
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Religious violence in Nigeria: Causal diagnoses and strategic recommendations to the state and religious communities Isaac Terwase Sampson* Abstract The literature on religious violence in Nigeria largely implicates socio-economic‚ political and governance deficits as the major causes of such violence. This article‚ however‚ departing from the underlying causes approach‚ undertakes an analytical inquiry into the immediate and visible factors that trigger religious conflicts in the country
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Background to the Study Basically‚ Nigeria is a plural society and heterogeneous in virtually all the facet of life. The custom and tradition of Nigerians is so diverse to the extent that Nigeria as a country is now confronted with the problem of religion and ethnicity towards their political stability. The origin and history of ethnic conflict (societal wars and violence) can be traced from eternal (internal) state rivalry to external (physical). And its root cause is not very far from power competition
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contain it? As far back as eight to nine years ago‚ we observed that the institution of the Nigerian army became a target of the intelligentsia behind what we called Boko Haram. They have known that the Nigerian army was the last institution in Nigeria that could practically bind the country. But now‚ the army seems divided. What I know is that the Nigerian army cannot handle this people because the sophistication with which the sect operates is beyond the training of the Nigerian army. You argue
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