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Nigeria: Islam & Violence

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Human Rights, Religion, War & Conflict

Chippla writes on Islam and Violence in Northern Nigeria [1]which has once again escalated this time over the Danish cartoons. He wonders if the violence does not hide divisions in Nigerian society…”Why has the lot of Islam in Northern Nigeria become one of violence and intolerance? Does it actually conceal a much deeper but seldom talked about division in Nigerian society?