To avoid one of the commonly committed fallacies of the century jumping to a conclusion or making a hasty decision, this paper adopts an analytical approach. Nigeria has played host to different types of conflict, especially since the beginning of the fourth republic. The conflict in jos, which has become interactable, is generally. The latency of episodic genocide by grace okoye a dissertation presented to the graduate school of humanities and social sciences of nova southeastern university. Good governance, conflicts, ethnoreligious identities, clashes of civilization and. Religious crisis in nigeria is prevalent, owing to a number of reasons. Religious conflicts in nigeria by barry mason and chris talbot 28 february 2000 violent religious clashes broke out in the city of kaduna in northern nigeria on february 21 and have continued. Ethnic and religious crises in nigeria african journals online. What are the interfaith efforts to ameliorate or mitigate ethnoreligious conflict. Understanding the dynamics of sharia in kaduna and kebbi states. Nigeria inherited a series of sociopolitical conflicts and economic downturn as a result of her colonial experience. It occurred mainly because british colonizers desired a contiguous colonial territory stretching from the arid sahel to the atlantic coast, and because northern nigeria, one of the merging units, was not paying its way while southern nigeria. Bello 2 1department of political science, university of ilorin, ilorin, nigeria.
Trends and manifestations ethnoreligious conflicts have become a recurring decimal in nigeria s sociopolitical development. The impact of ethnoreligious conflict on nigerian federalism. Nigeria, published by the centre for law enforcement education and the world organisation against torture, 2002. Pdf the objective of this paper is to uncover the underlying factors that engendered ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria over the years. Intolerance is the main cause of religious riots and conflicts not only in nigeria but around the world. Nigeria, as a nation, is bound by various ethnicities or ethnic groups, thus higazi noted that, the dominant discourses in the conflict refer to political exclusion on the basis of ethnicity. The roots of nigerias religious and ethnic conflict the. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the dilemma of democratic.
This paper aims to highlight some of the ethnoreligious conflicts that have taken place in nigeria and its impact on women. Herderfarmer conflicts in nigeria have mainly involved disputes over land andor cattle between herders and farmers in the middle belt since the return of democracy in 1999. Religion and conflict in nigeria united states institute. Nigeria its vast population evenly split between muslim and christianis counting down to another presidential election, scheduled for february 2015.
As a result of the multiethnic nature of the country. Causal analysis and proposals for new management strategies. The paper concludes that good governance, accountability, poverty and unemployment. Do religious symbols exacerbate or mitigate conflict, especially during. Political and ethnoreligious conflagrations have severally drawn the country to the precipice of disaster. European journal of social sciences volume, number 3 2010 345 ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria. Nigeria s pernicious drivers of ethnoreligious conflict. The study investigated the effects of ethnoreligious conflicts on economic development of nigeria.
Religious dogmatism, prejudice and conflict in nigeria. These contradictions has proved incurable especially as efforts to obliterate them have always been truncated aggressively by the custodians of power. So, impact of ethnoreligious crises on socio economic activities in wukari local government area will be xrayed with a view to proffering some recommendations to forestall future occurrence. The jos crisis, book haram terrorist attacks are examples of the various religious crises that have plagued the country in recent times. In a nation bound with vast geographic and vast ethnic and religious differences, these religious differences aid conflict. Religious and ethnic nationalism has led to conflicts about control of state. This militant groups left behind tribal ethnic and religious landmarks that are still threatening the national security of nigeria aliyu, 2004. The impact of ethnoreligious conflict on nigerian federalism o. Ethnoreligious conflict at tusung village in barkin ladi lga, plateau state. Click download or read online button to get nigeria ethno religious and socio political violence and pacifism in northern nigeria book now. Nigeria, if boko haram can accelerate nigeria s centrifugal forces ethnoreligious divides, power politics, and economic grievances sufficiently to cause the state to collapse from within. Background to the northern nigeria ethnoreligious conflict. It seeks to follow the medicodiagnostic method of inquiry. The paper concludes by suggesting how to curb ethnoreligious problems in nigeria in order to promote good governance.
Of all these important institutions has actually increased ethnic and communal conflicts. Communal conflicts in nigeria can be divided into two broad categories. Modern nigeria emerged through the merging of two british colonial territories in 1914. Pdf ethnoreligious conflicts have continued to besiege nigeria for decades. The 2001 jos riot claimed at least 1,000 lives hrw, 2001. Nigeria has been deeply enmeshed and suffused in political and ethnoreligious conflicts characterized by genocidal attacks, bombing, maiming and killings of several persons, loss of business investments, and properties worth several billions of naira. More than,500 people have been killed in communal violence since nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 hrw, 2010a. The paper centres on the middlebelt, one of nigerias six geopolitical regions where the incidences of intergroup conflicts relating to ethnoreligious identities. This paper aims to highlight some of the ethnoreligious. Ethnoreligious conflicts and a nation in crisis punch. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, plateau state, nigeria. Furthermore, no religious conflict in the nation is purely religious without ethnicity playing its way in it. Pdf indigenesettler and ethnoreligious conflicts in.
The middle belt region, to which plateau state belongs, is one of the areas worst hit. A critical look at nigerias indigenesettler and ethnoreligious conflicts reveals. Nigeria ethno religious and socio political violence and. The amalgamation was an act of colonial convenience. More so, more than 50 out of the above conflicts occurred in the northern states of kano, benue, katsina, borno, adamawa, plateau, nassarawa, kaduna, taraba and kogi states. Nigeria s longrunning indigenesettler conflict in and around jos, plateau state has escalated in recent years and may spread to other ethnically mixed regions of the country, heightening instability. The case of plateau state of nigeria abubakar sokoto mohammed 1.
Mobilised through ethnoreligious identity, the population may become a major actor in an economic or political problem, conscious of their role and abilities. Causes of conflict in nigeria and ways of resolving them. Ethnoreligious conflicts have continued to besiege nigeria for decades. Analysis of the drivers, dynamics and sources of ethnoreligious conflict in nigeria. The question is framed in the context of broader patterns of religious identity and conflict that have plagued nigeria s fourth republic.
This seven year conflict and humanitarian crisis in the north has. Religious conflicts in nigeria world socialist web site. The phenomenon of communal conflict has assumed the posture of. Ethno identity the dynamics of sharia in and states. Nigeria, as a nation, is bound by various ethnicities or ethnic groups, thus higazi noted that, the dominant discourses in the conflict refer to political exclusion on the basis of ethnicity and religion 14. This paper aims to highlight some of the ethnoreligious conflicts that have taken place in nigeria.
The gruesome clashes among some of nigeria s disparate ethnoreligious groups have become a nightmare that haunts the country and constitute a threat to peaceful coexistence among nigerians. While nigerian federalism has long attempted to find ways to appease ethnoreligious relations and unify the people of nigeria, many of the structures and institutions in the. Ethnoreligious conflict and peace building in nigeria. When it comes to religious conflicts in nigeria, the main cause is the intolerance towards representatives of a different religion. Download nigeria ethno religious and socio political violence and pacifism in northern nigeria or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Within the space of eleven years, several violent political ethnoreligious conflicts have. This study examines the relationship between the sharia law, identity and conflict in nigeria. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, nigeria, intensely dissected the ethnoreligious crisis in jos and proffered workable solutions. The causes of ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria are embedded in the basic foundations of the nationstate. Religious rituals provide for restoration, healing, reintegration, atonement and forgiveness after trauma.
Department of political science, university of ibadan, nigeria. Given these findings, we conclude that a new, more comprehensive approach by the nigerian governmentone that seeks to address political, economic, and. Human rights watch, those terrible weeks in their camp, october 2014. Nigerias pernicious drivers of ethnoreligious conflict. Often misrepresented as ethnic andor religious conflicts, they are the result of economical, political and environmental tensions in the country. Religion and conflict in nigeria united states institute of peace. A case study of langtang north lga of plateau state. Org special report 359 bout how might recent patterns of extremist violencewith ethnoreligious implicationsaffect this election. Accepted 31 august, 2011 ethnoreligious crises are part of issues that are of grave concern in nigeria. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, nigeria 3 fighting back against other hausa settler incursions as well.