The Socio-Political Factor in the Christian-Muslim Conflict in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOpeloye, Muhib O.
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-08T12:39:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T15:03:40Z
dc.date.available2014-09-08T12:39:51Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T15:03:40Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.departmentReligious Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study identifies ethno-political factors as the major contributor to the Christian-Muslim conflict in Nigeria, while indicating the secondary role of socio-economic considerations and religious fundamentalism, as exemplijied in the Zangon Karaf riot of 1992 and the Tafawa Balewa and Bauchi disturbances of 1991 and 1995 respectively. The study reveals that the tension that erupted from these episodes merely ignited the bomb of ethno-political rivalry between the minority and majority ethnic groups. The eruption of violence on each occasion was the manifestation of the collective anger of minorities that had been incubating over a long period against the domination of the Hausa-Fulani hegemony. Religious and socio-economic considerations were only incidental factors. It is stressed that, even though the disturbances started as ethnic conflicts, they spread rapidly to other towns in the wake of rumours of their religious connotations. The Christian-Muslim conflict, which is traced back to the 1979 Shari'a controversy, is believed to have done serious damage to the unity of Nigerian society. The article sees the practical solution to this problem as lying more in the use of the school system in inculcating the spirit of mutual acceptance and harmonious co-existence, than in the creation of chiefdoms which tend to cause separation and division.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationOpeloye, Muhib O. (1998). The Socio-Political Factor in the Christian-Muslim Conflict in Nigeria. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 9(2)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2734
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages7en_US
dc.subjectChristian-Muslim conflictsen_US
dc.subjectAlmajiri menaceen_US
dc.subjectReligious revoltsen_US
dc.subjectInter-religious riotsen_US
dc.subjectKafanchan riot of 1987en_US
dc.subjectKano riot of 1991en_US
dc.subjectZangon Kataf riot of 1992en_US
dc.subjectTafawa Balewa riot of 1991en_US
dc.subjectBauchi riots of 1995en_US
dc.titleThe Socio-Political Factor in the Christian-Muslim Conflict in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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