Religious Genocide: Of Half-truths And Half-lies - Global Upfront Newspapers

Religious Genocide: Of Half-truths And Half-lies - Global Upfront Newspapers

By  Abimbola Adelakun The idea that Nigeria is an Islamic state where Muslims persistently persecute Christians is somehow prevalent in some circles. I have been in certain places where—after introducing myself as a Nigerian—I was confronted with well-meaning sympathies from those who imagined that we (my family members and I) face religious persecution. The narrative partly endures because accounting for the violence in some parts of Nigeria, e…