TOLERATION, EXTREMISM AND HATE IN NIGERIA: THE EXPEDIENCY OF ANOTHER SOCIAL AGREEMENT
Abstract
t is continuously becoming difficult for ethnic groups in Nigeria to live in peace
and harmony. The constant killing and hate prevalent in Nigeria which is already
becoming a recurring decimal has made life short and brutish. This tension is
orchestrated by religious intolerance which gave birth to ethnic distrust and hate.
The tension generated by the latter calls for a rethink and renegotiation of the social
agreement that brought the various ethnic groups in Nigeria together and
revaluation of the principles of humanism imbedded in various religious doctrines.
It is ironic that what individuals evaded in State of nature has become the lacuna to
attaining happiness in political society. It is also ironic that the doctrines of these
religious groups provide fertile ground for executing horrific acts. Evaluating the
concept of religious toleration and social contract, this paper tried to understand if
these ideals can still instill peace and harmony in current volatile Nigerian polity.
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