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Title: | The implications of religious conflicts for national security in Nigeria |
Authors: | Momodu, A. Jude Edem, Essiere Ekop |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies (ISSN 0030-5596) |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 17-33 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | interreligious relations conflict national security Christianity Islam |
Abstract: | This paper examines the perennial violent religious conflicts, especially between Muslims and Christians, in Nigeria and the implications of these conflicts for the country's national security. Religious violence usually results in colossal loss of lives and destruction of property. It impedes socioeconomic development, social cohesion and political stability. In order to curb the proliferation of religious conflicts in Nigeria, the paper proposes a multipronged approach - political, security, economic and social - to deal constructively with the immediate and root causes of religious conflicts. Ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |