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- Title
Religion and Violence in Nigeria: 1980-2012.
- Authors
Usman, Mohammed
- Abstract
Nigeria's recent history is replete with religious violence. Religious clashes with attendant loss of life and property are a reoccurring phenomenon. Mainstream conventional religious groups seek to change society according to their interpretation of religion. Religious violence in Nigeria is mostly between adherents of the two major religions in the country, Christianity and Islam. Heightened social identity, competition for resources and political power are underlying factors, so are pervasive poverty, corruption, and the long winded route to development of the nation. In recent times the religious group, Boko Haram group has been at the centre of acts of violence. The Boko Haram is an Islamic group engaged in violent conflict with the Nigerian authorities. The group uses violence, assassinations, urban warfare, kidnap and bombings as instruments of advancing its interests. The group initially engaged in peaceful proselytising and non-violence, metamorphosed into a Jihadi faction with the aim of establishing a theocratic Sharia state. Some of these acts of violence can be traced to the failure of the leadership to engender balanced development in all regions of the nation and cater for the growing needs for economic and social justice among all sections of the Nigerian society.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; NIGERIAN history, 1960-; VIOLENCE; SECTARIAN conflict; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BOKO Haram (Organization); VIOLENT crimes; SOCIAL justice
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 2, p41
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article