Christian – Muslim Relations in Nigeria: The Problems and Prospects

Ottuh, P. O. O.; Ottuh, JA; Aitufe, VO

doi:10.4314/ijah.v3i2.4

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“…Thanks to interreligious dialogue, misconceptions and unfavourable stereotypes about other religions can actually decrease. Ottuh, Ottuh and Aitufe (2014b) posit that Nigeria's leading proponents of interreligious understanding accept and acknowledge that the effects of dialogue are very slow to take hold in Nigeria and thus leave much to be desired. Religious bigotry has not been completely abolished among followers of the Islamic and other faiths, and there are still what may be defined as barriers rather than bridges between them.…”

Section: Evaluating the Implications Of 'Procreative Jihad'mentioning

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Islamic Missiology: The Rise of ‘Procreative Jihad’ and Islamophobia in Nigeria

Ottuh

Otuyemi

2023

East Afr. j. interdiscip. stud.

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Nigeria has already experienced a lot of crises; therefore, it is obvious that it is unprepared for the havoc that Islamophobia can bring about as a result of ‘Procreative Jihad’ – a new missiological strategy in Islam. 'Procreative Jihad' is currently happening in Nigeria, where radical Muslims have started having sex with non-Muslim girls and women, abducting, impregnating, marrying, and forcing them to convert to Islam so that their offspring will inevitably grow up to be Muslims. This research provided a qualitative analysis of the ramifications of the Islamic missiological tactic known as ‘Procreative Jihad’ which aims to convert non-Islamic populations in Nigeria to Islam. The paper employed a critical literature review and phenomenological methods. The literature review was used to provide a historical overview of 'Procreative Jihad', while the phenomenological method was used to collect data for the study through oral interviews and observations. Using extant literature, oral interviews, and observations, the findings revealed that ‘procreative jihad’ is an affront to human dignity, a violation of non-Muslim women's human rights and freedom, undercuts Islam as a religion of peace and justice, and breeds Islamophobia. The study concludes that the mission or da'wah goal of Islam does not necessarily include the holy war of any form. As a result, Muslims should use all of Islam's holistic qualities, such as compassion, honesty, tolerance, humility, and decency, in spreading the religion in Nigeria and beyond.

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Section: Evaluating the Implications Of 'Procreative Jihad'mentioning

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Islamic Missiology: The Rise of ‘Procreative Jihad’ and Islamophobia in Nigeria

Ottuh

Otuyemi

2023

East Afr. j. interdiscip. stud.

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“…Today most people believe that general opinion in the past accepted and, in one way or the other, blessed the state's use of violence and condemned any revolution against the ruling authorities. Ottuh, Ottuh and Aitufe (2014b) opine that it is a mistake to assume that it is only in contemporary times that Christians have adopted a non-violent method, or have ranged themselves on the side of revolutionary violence. In addition, Ottuh, Ottuh, and Aitufe (2014b) argue that dialogue is the most potent tool to attain peaceful coexistence in the face of conflicts or disagreements.…”

Section: Corruption In Nigeria As By-product Of Military Coups and Rulementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ottuh, Ottuh and Aitufe (2014b) opine that it is a mistake to assume that it is only in contemporary times that Christians have adopted a non-violent method, or have ranged themselves on the side of revolutionary violence. In addition, Ottuh, Ottuh, and Aitufe (2014b) argue that dialogue is the most potent tool to attain peaceful coexistence in the face of conflicts or disagreements. However, the Bible condemns directly and indirectly the use of violence or revolution to achieve goals.…”

Section: Corruption In Nigeria As By-product Of Military Coups and Rulementioning

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A moral evaluation of past military coups and present corruption in Nigeria

Peter. O. O.,

John A.

2023

KIJHUS

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It is altruism that military dictatorship and leadership are synonymous with corruption. It is also obvious that participation of military in national leadership through coups is a practice that is not alien to the biblical era, the world, Africa and Nigeria in particular. Nigeria as a nation like other African countries has had its share of this ugly phenomenon in the past and presently harvesting the fruits thereof. The worst legacy left behind by the military leaderships in Nigeria was corruption. The military ruled Nigeria through coups persistently and its ranks and files have by all indications proved that they too, were not immune against the problem of corruption. Using the instance of coups in the Bible and other underlying moral principles, the paper examines the phenomena of coups and corruption in Nigeria and appraised same from a moral paradigm. The secondary sources of collecting data through scholarly literature on the subject are adopted to attain the objective of the research. The paper also highlights the positive and negative impacts of coups on the Nigerian nation. It argues that corruption is a by-product of past persistent coups in the Nigerian state, and advocates for a constitutional means such as democratic elections to effect a change of power to align with current global democratic trends and avoid corrupt practices. The paper recommends that the current practice of recycling politicians and public office holders who are the same military leaders in the past should be discouraged so that corruption can be minimized in the country.

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“…From the birth of the moslem State to the fall of the Ottoman Empire fifty years ago (a period of about fourteen centuries) the Christians and Jews of the Middle East lived officially and in law, as second class citizens, tolerated sometimes, often abused, depending on the fanaticism of the Ruler, but never equal to moslems in rights and duties 28 It is even more practical in the reign of Gaddafi of Libya who has earlier declared the Middle East region Islamic region where non-Muslims have no say regardless to the fact that there also is found the headquarters and mother home of world known religions like Christianity, Judaism, etc. Non-Muslims are infidels, and infidels should either accept Islam, accept leaving/exiling the region or accept life deformity and subsequent elimination.…”

Section: Historical Perspective Of Religious Extremism As Inscribed A...mentioning

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“…"Islam not only 27 John Laffin, The Dagger of Islam (London: Sphere Books Ltd, 1979), 83. 28 Luca Costa, "Discrimination in Arab Middle East," Case Studies on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, a World Survey, 1 W. A. Veenhoven and W. Crum Ewing (eds. ), (MartinusNijhoff: The Hague, 1975), 216 29 Hagee, In Defense, 53.…”

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Religious Extremism and the Crisis of Insecurity in Nigeria: A Philosophical Discourse

UGWU¹,

ENEH

2022

jsshr

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This paper sets out to discuss the effects of religious extremism and how they breed insecurity in Nigeria. This is apt following the fact that over the years, little or no concern has been given to religion as a major causative factor of insecurity crisis in Nigeria. Today, in as much as the question of insecurity is not exclusively a consequence of economic, political or tribal crisis, religion through extremists has been identified as a major factor. However, in addressing this issue, the paper raises certain questions to include: What end is expected from religion? What should be the primary force driving religion? Nevertheless, at the end of this research, it shall, through the exposition on religious influences in the country, prove that religion is a causative phenomenon to insecurity crisis in Nigeria. The paper shall also proffer solutions to these effects as it takes the discourse through comparative and expository methods in ethical and ontological dimensions.

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Christian – Muslim Relations in Nigeria: The Problems and Prospects

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Islamic Missiology: The Rise of ‘Procreative Jihad’ and Islamophobia in Nigeria

Islamic Missiology: The Rise of ‘Procreative Jihad’ and Islamophobia in Nigeria

A moral evaluation of past military coups and present corruption in Nigeria

Religious Extremism and the Crisis of Insecurity in Nigeria: A Philosophical Discourse

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