Sects & Social Disorder
Sects & Social Disorder Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is an equally important polarization within the two faiths. This book highlights the crucial issue of intra-Muslim plura… Celý popis ↓
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Sects & Social Disorder
Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is an equally important polarization within the two faiths. This book highlights the crucial issue of intra-Muslim pluralism and conflict in Nigeria. Within the Muslim population differences in beliefs, rituals and sectarian allegiance have had profound consequences for public order.
The doctrinal justification of violence was firstperfected against other Muslim groups, before being extended to non-Muslims: conflict between Muslim groups therefore preceded the violence between Muslims and Christians. Conflicting interpretations of texts and contexts have led to fragmentation within northern Nigerian Islam, and different Islamic sects have often resorted to violence against each other in pursuit of "the right path". It will be impossible to manage the
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