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Title: | Christian-Muslim relations in Africa: the cases of Northern Nigeria and Tanzania compared |
Author: | Rasmussen, Lissi |
Year: | 1993 |
Pages: | 132 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | London |
Publisher: | British Academic Press |
ISBN: | 185043641X |
Geographic terms: | Nigeria Northern Nigeria Tanzania |
Subjects: | Christianity Islam Muslim-Christian relations |
Abstract: | Can Islam and Christianity coexist in Islamic environments? This book shows how relations between Christians and Muslims in northern Nigeria are characterized by intense friction, while in Tanzania the two communities coexist harmoniously. The author examines the establishment of both religions in the two countries, their relations with the colonial powers, the effect of religion on national independence movements, and the effect of religious questions on ethnicity in mixed communities, setting these issues against the background of the rise of Islamic revivalism and the connections between northern Nigeria and Middle Eastern Islamic States. The book is based on field research carried out between 1975 and 1981. |