The Attitude of Religious Leaders towards Violence in Nigeria: Case Study of Mosques and Churches
Most of the violence that led to the bloodshed in Nigeria flourished because ofpolitical pungency stage-played through unverified incident wrap-up with faith based encounter. Some of acclaimed religious leader ware turned to political tacticians that focus in helping politician to unleash mayhem...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Islamic Thought |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ukm.my/ijit/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IJIT-Vol-17-June-2020_9_101-110.pdf |
| Summary: | Most of the violence that led to the bloodshed in Nigeria flourished because
ofpolitical pungency stage-played through unverified incident wrap-up with faith
based encounter. Some of acclaimed religious leader ware turned to political
tacticians that focus in helping politician to unleash mayhem in their various
community for counter campaign mission which, many of such cases, resulted to
carnage that claimed many lives in Nigeria. This manuscript aims to scrutinize the
responsibility of a religious leader according to the Scripture (Qur’ān and Bible) in
quelling any violence cropped-up within their locality or clash between religious
sects.To achieve this aims, survey and comparative method used in selecting
relevant verses from both Qur’ān and Bible to expound the divine responsibility on
anyone with religious title. This study finds that, politicians corrupted most of
religious leaders in Nigeria to have attached political indulgence to the
imperatives of their religion. To the extent that, their major responsibility to
submerge the view of their people to harmonize their various community had been
exchanged with political assignment that breeds unreceptive violence. Since many
of this pastors and Imams were most respected in the society, the paper
recommends that, to have peace in Nigeria religious leader should be afraid of
Almighty God by not accepting a deal from politicians that can lead to bloodshed
and killing of innocent life. |
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| ISSN: | 2232-1314 2232-1314 |