Creed & Grievance (eBook, ePUB)

Muslim-Christian Relations & Conflict Resolution in Northern Nigeria
Redaktion: Mustapha, Abdul Raufu; Ehrhardt, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the complexities of Christian-Muslim conflict that threatens the fragile democracy of Nigeria, and the implications for global peace and security. In northern Nigeria, high levels of ethnic diversity have coincided with acute polarization between Muslims and Christians, increasingly fuelling violent conflict. The climate of insecurity threatens northern Nigeria's development, accentuates the inequalities between it and the rest of the country, and undermines the attempt to stabilize democracy in the country. Externally, fears have also been expressed that Islamist movements in northern Nigeria form part of a wider network constituting a threat to global peace and security. Refuting a "clash of civilizations" between Muslims and Christians, the authors of this new study highlight the multiplicity of Muslim and Christian groups contending for influence and relevance, and the doctrinal, political and historical drivers of conflict and violence between and within them. They analyse three of the most contentious issues: the conflicts in Jos; the Boko Haram insurgency; and the challenges of legal pluralism posed by the declaration of full Sharia law in 12 Muslim majority states. Finally, they suggest appropriate and effective policy responses at local, national and international levels, discussing the importance of informal institutions as avenues for peace-building and the complementarities between local and national dynamics in the search for peace. Abdul Raufu Mustapha is Associate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford. David Ehrhardt is Assistant Professor of International Development at Leiden University College. Companion volume: Sects & Social Disorder: Muslim Identities &Conflict in Northern Nigeria edited by Abdul Raufu Mustapha (James Currey 2014) Nigeria: Premium Times Books

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787442641
• Artikelnr.: 51183372

Autorenporträt

Abdul Raufu Mustapha, David Ehrhardt

Inhaltsangabe

Preface - David Ehrhardt Introduction: Religious Encounters in Northern
Nigeria - Abdul Raufu Mustapha PART ONE: THE MUSLIM & CHRISTIAN CONTEXT The
Muslim Majority in Northern Nigeria: Sects & Trends - Philip Ostien The
Significant Minority: Christians & Christianity in Northern Nigeria - David
Ehrhardt and Jibrin Ibrahim Historical Contexts of Muslim-Christian
Encounters in Northern Nigeria - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and David Ehrhardt
and Rachael Diprose PART TWO: KEY CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Challenges of Legal
Pluralism: Sharia Law & its Aftermath - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Aminu
Gamawa Boko Haram, Youth Mobilization & Jihadism - Marc-Antoine Pérouse de
Montclos Complementarity, Competition & Conflict: Informal Enterprise &
Religious Conflict in Northern Nigeria - Kate Meagher PART THREE: JOS:
CONFLICT & PEACE BUILDING Jos: Fear & Violence in Central Nigeria - Abdul
Raufu Mustapha and Adam Higazi and Jimam Lar and Karel Chromy Rural
Insecurity on the Jos Plateau: Livelihoods, Land & Cattle amid Religious
Reform & Violent Conflict - Adam Higazi Jos: Bottom-Up & Top-Down
Approaches to Peace Building - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Adam Higazi and
Jimam Lar and Karel Chromy CONCLUSION Diversity, Religious Pluralism &
Democracy - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and David Ehrhardt