Sharia Debates and Their Perception by Christians and Muslims in Selected African Countries
The international, comparative and multidisciplinary research project "Sharia Debates and Their Perception by Christians and Muslims in Selected African Countries" is located at the University of Bayreuth and funded by Volkswagen Foundation. It is part of the Funding Initiative: Knowledge for Tomorrow – Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Launching of essay on ethno-religious conflict in Jos, Nigeria |
| Posted by Administrator on 04.08.2009 |
Conflict between “indigenes” of particular localities, and “settlers” there, is widespread in Nigeria. Sometimes religious difference compounds the problem. This essay studies the indigene-settler tensions in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, which twice now, most recently in November 2008, have erupted into violent clashes claiming many hundreds of lives. The story of the 2008 outbreak is told against its background of ethnicity, religion, local history, local politics, the ambivalent state of Nigerian law on the subject of indigene rights, and, perhaps most harmfully and most intractably, corrupt and incompetent government. The conclusion suggests little hope for quick improvement.
Last changed: 05.08.2009 at 01:47
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