| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2018
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| Host editors |
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A.R. Mustapha
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D. Ehrhardt
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| Book title |
Creed & Grievance
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| Book subtitle |
Muslim-Christian Relations & Conflict Resolution in Northern Nigeria
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| ISBN |
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9781847011060
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9781847011428
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9781847012197
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| ISBN (electronic) |
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9781787442375
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9781787442641
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| Series |
Western Africa series
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| Pages (from-to) |
225-268
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| Publisher |
Woodbridge: James Currey
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
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| Abstract |
The violent politicization of religion has intermittently marked Jos, the capital of Plateau State, from 2001 to 2015. How this came to be, and how it is now gradually being overcome, is a lesson for many communities in northern Nigeria. Jos represented one of the most volatile ethno-religious conflicts in northern Nigeria. Since September 2001, there have been a series of destructive episodes of collective violence in Jos. While the rioting has not been continuous, it has divided much of the religiously plural city into Muslim and Christian areas and created a climate of fear and uncertainty
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| Document type |
Chapter
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1wx92mm
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