Nigeria, the Africa richest and the largest black nation in the world, is located in West Africa. Its neighbors are Cameroon, Benin, Niger and Chad. In the southern area are swamps and mangrove forests and inland is hardwood forest. With population estimated about 140 million people.
The capital is Abuja with 590,400 metro areas. And the largest cities are Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Kaduna. Nigeria is made up different ethnic group but mostly dominated by Hausa/Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba. Islam and Christianity are the dominate religion in the country. The two have been on each other from the time of amalgamation of Southern and Northern Nigeria in 1914.
Islam was introduced in the 13th century and control the whole of Northern part whereas Christianity dominated some part of South and the entire Eastern part of Nigeria. These two religions have been causing ethic and political unrest in Nigeria. Stability has been repeatedly threatened by fights that erupt between Muslims and Christians.
Over the past years, millions of people have died during these religious crises that destroyed the country’s unity. A lot have been said and written about this crisis but little has been done by Nigerian government to address this ugly incident.
I can say that the cause of these fights between Christians and Muslims can be as a result of introduction of Sharia law to some state mostly Northern part of the country-Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Bauchi state. When some of these states adopted Islam as State religion, their authority went to force everybody within the state both Muslims and Christian to leave according to Sharia law and it triggered violence. In the other hand, they put their state above Nations constitution that permits the freedom of worship.
In Bauchi, over 200 people have been killed and many others seriously injured (reported Tribune newspaper). Millions of properties destroyed as they were going about killing and looting everything they could lay their hands on. In Kano over 500 Igbo’s were massacred which promoted questions and mounted a lots of concern to some countries and major institutions working in the area of religious tolerance in the country. This frequent religious crisis in Nigeria has placed the country on the radar for serious discussions over these years.
In Kano, the fight that broke out rapidly spread like wide fires to the neighboring states including the Eastern parts of the country were Igbos leave. To an extent that those in Igbo land –Onitsha, Aba and Owerie after hearing news of the fight and took to the street killing all the Muslims they can find. Many people were wounded and many houses were burnt. Many others including women and children were killed and their body was shattered along the road sides. And those who escaped fled to Army barracks and nearby police stations.
No doubt that Nigerian government is responding to these crisis but nothing have been done to protect it citizenry from this epidemic that eating deep of our unity.
The capital is Abuja with 590,400 metro areas. And the largest cities are Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Kaduna. Nigeria is made up different ethnic group but mostly dominated by Hausa/Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba. Islam and Christianity are the dominate religion in the country. The two have been on each other from the time of amalgamation of Southern and Northern Nigeria in 1914.
Islam was introduced in the 13th century and control the whole of Northern part whereas Christianity dominated some part of South and the entire Eastern part of Nigeria. These two religions have been causing ethic and political unrest in Nigeria. Stability has been repeatedly threatened by fights that erupt between Muslims and Christians.
Over the past years, millions of people have died during these religious crises that destroyed the country’s unity. A lot have been said and written about this crisis but little has been done by Nigerian government to address this ugly incident.
I can say that the cause of these fights between Christians and Muslims can be as a result of introduction of Sharia law to some state mostly Northern part of the country-Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Bauchi state. When some of these states adopted Islam as State religion, their authority went to force everybody within the state both Muslims and Christian to leave according to Sharia law and it triggered violence. In the other hand, they put their state above Nations constitution that permits the freedom of worship.
In Bauchi, over 200 people have been killed and many others seriously injured (reported Tribune newspaper). Millions of properties destroyed as they were going about killing and looting everything they could lay their hands on. In Kano over 500 Igbo’s were massacred which promoted questions and mounted a lots of concern to some countries and major institutions working in the area of religious tolerance in the country. This frequent religious crisis in Nigeria has placed the country on the radar for serious discussions over these years.
In Kano, the fight that broke out rapidly spread like wide fires to the neighboring states including the Eastern parts of the country were Igbos leave. To an extent that those in Igbo land –Onitsha, Aba and Owerie after hearing news of the fight and took to the street killing all the Muslims they can find. Many people were wounded and many houses were burnt. Many others including women and children were killed and their body was shattered along the road sides. And those who escaped fled to Army barracks and nearby police stations.
No doubt that Nigerian government is responding to these crisis but nothing have been done to protect it citizenry from this epidemic that eating deep of our unity.
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