Are the conflicts in Nigeria tribal or religious?

[Rumpel]

What do you think?

 

[ataraxia]

Religion has always been a surrogate for tribalism. It’s a marker and label of cultural identity and identifying the tribe to which you belong.

 

[Rumpel]

Religion has always been a surrogate for tribalism. It’s a marker and label of cultural identity and identifying the tribe to which you belong.

It is both

 

[dmpi]

Is the news from that region even real? Or is it a con job to scam more aid from other countries?

 

[nota bene]

Is the news from that region even real? Or is it a con job to scam more aid from other countries?

I think maybe you should do some Googling.

According to Release International, Nigeria is a "country of key concern." https://www.persecution.org/2023/01/02/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-intensifies-report-finds/

Religious Persecution in Nigeria Is Getting Worse

While Christians face regular massacres, draconian blasphemy laws continue to be wielded against religious minorities in northern Nigeria.

www.newsweek.com

Nigeria

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom reports on Nigeria’s persecution of Shi’a Muslims and widespread communal and militia violence.

www.uscirf.gov

A good graphic: https://religionnews.com/2024/01/17...list-raises-concerns-over-african-christians/

 

[Rumpel]

There is religious persecution

 

[joluoto]

Both, they often have a ethnic dimension. A muslim Yoruba is not going to persecute a Christian Yoruba, but probably look down on the Igbos, though the Christian Yorubas does that too.

 

[Rumpel]

Both, they often have a ethnic dimension. A muslim Yoruba is not going to persecute a Christian Yoruba, but probably look down on the Igbos, though the Christian Yorubas does that too.

so say 4 of 5 now