Role of the state in religious and political motivated conflict in Nigeria / Raji Rafiu Bove

• Main Author: Bove, Raji Rafiu
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
• Subjects: Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion in relation to other subjects; Religion and civil society; Political science; The armed conflict. War and order
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55437/1/55437.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55437/

The central thrust of this paper is to trace the incidences of religious and political induced conflicts in Nigeria and analyze the role played by the state in ameliorating or aggravating the quarrels. The paper espouses the concepts of conflict, politics and religion and tried to locate areas of di...