• Religious Conflict in Nigeria Symposium

  Directors:	Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy Timothy Samuel Shah, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Religion and Foreign Policy

  May 8, 2007 - New York, NY

  Nigeria is the largest country in the world with an evenly split population of Christians and Muslims. According to research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, this population is perhaps the most intensely religious in the world. In a recent symposium hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, “Religious Conflict in Nigeria,” Nigeria experts and religious scholars examined the political compromises that maintain relative stability in Africa’s most populous country. “To understand where Nigeria is headed, we need to understand the religious dynamics in Nigeria,” said Timothy S. Shah, adjunct senior fellow for religion and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

  Organized by Shah and Walter Russell Mead, the Council’s Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, this event was the first in the Religion and Foreign Policy Symposia Series at CFR. The series aims to integrate the study of religion and foreign policy and is supported by a generous contribution from the Henry Luce Foundation.

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  Meetings

  Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Religion and the Nigerian Elections - Session 1

  Symposium

  
  May 8, 2007

  Related Project: Religious Conflict in Nigeria Symposium

  Speakers:	Peter M. Lewis, Director of African Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
  	Rotimi Suberu, Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
  Presider:	Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript: Religious Conflict in Nigeria—Session I [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
  Audio: Symposium on Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Session 1: Religion and the Nigeria Elections (Audio)
  Video: Symposium on Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Session 1: Religion and the Nigeria Elections (Video)

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Contemporary Religious Dynamics in Nigeria - Session 2

  Symposium

  
  May 8, 2007

  Related Project: Religious Conflict in Nigeria Symposium

  Speakers:	Father Mathew Kukah, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria
  	John N. Paden, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of International Studies, George Mason University
  Presider:	Timothy Samuel Shah, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Religion and Foreign Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript: Contemporary Religious Dynamics in Nigeria—Session 2 [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
  Audio: Symposium on Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Session 2: Contemporary Religious Dynamics in Nigeria (Audio)
  Video: Symposium on Religious Conflict in Nigeria: Session 2: Contemporary Religious Dynamics in Nigeria (Video)

  This meeting is on the record.

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  Further Readings

  Council Special Report: Nigeria: Elections and Continuing Challenges

  Podcast: "A Blow for Nigerian Democracy" with Michelle Gavin

  Q&A: Nigeria’s Creaky Political System

  Joint Statement on Nigeria’s Recent Elections by scholars Richard Anthony Joseph, Darren Kew, Peter M. Lewis, Princeton N. Lyman, J. Stephen Morrison, John N. Paden

  More resources on Nigeria, religion

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