Salam,

the problem of muslims in Nigeria is tribalism.muslims in Nigeria are divided along tribal lines and that is very anti-islamic.the islamic brotherhood which islam propagates and which crosses the lines of tribes and ethnicity has not penetrated the hearts of Nigerian muslims.that is very unfortunate.until the muslims unite and feel more attracted to their muslim brothers than to their ethnic brothers,islam will suffer in Nigeria.we may have our differences.but we must never let those differences overcome our sense of islamic brotherhood.by that i mean that a muslim from one tribe should feel closer to the muslim from another tribe than to the christian in his own tribe.if the muslims are not united in that case as islam teaches us to propagate universal brotherhood,then the religion will continue to suffer in Nigeria.its very sad and a situation that can make you cry.at least even if we have our differences,the differences should not be strong enough for us to shun our muslim brothers because of ethnicity while we embrace the non-muslim simply because he is from our tribe or area.that is not islamic at all.i am not saying we should be enemies with the members of other religions,but we should have islamic brotherhood at the back of our minds always.

If islam does not support exremism nd terrorism,then you should address the violent nature of the northern muslims which is responsible for the perceived division you noticed.Salam

~Bluetooth:

If islam does not support exremism nd terrorism,then you should address the violent nature of the northern muslims which is responsible for the perceived division you noticed.Salam

illitracy is responsible for the violence and may be lack of leadership or incompetent leadership.the muslim leaders in the north should be able to control the masses.if they dont or they cant then something is wrong in either way.a knife can be used for cutting onions and it can also be used to kill.so knoweldge and control is needed to make the right decisions.the government should ensure that more schools are opened in the north and more scholarships are given for northerners to be educated.send northerners to progressive muslim countries like Turkey,Iran and Malaysia to study.these 3 muslim countries have improved scientifically and are also muslim.there is no harm in having islamic studies in the english language or incorporating Quranic/Islamic studies with/in english subjects and the sciences in the north.simply do not use western education as a missionary tool to deceive the people and convert them to christianity,then there would be no opposition to it.great islamic scholars like Sheikh Ahmad Deedat and Professor Hassanain Rajabali preach and spread enlightening messages about Islam in English.if the youths in the north can learn english and emulate the two mentioned islamic scholars,they would at be able to defend Islam using the english language to state the least benefit.

violence is not the answer.force is sometimes justifiable but leadership and knowledge is needed to know when to act and when not to act and cause harm and hurt innocent people who got nothing to do with politics but only seek their daily bread.

there is still a large scent of tribalism and segregation in every comment made here, the poster suggested it is better the Muslims start killing the christian brother within his environment instead fighting another Muslim from another tribe, great level of confusion is when people or a person gather the elite to make peace in a harmless statement and keep keep taking sides.

chidianan:

there is still a large scent of tribalism and segregation in every comment made here, the poster suggested it is better the Muslims start killing the christian brother within his environment instead fighting another Muslim from another tribe, great level of confusion is when people or a person gather the elite to make peace in a harmless statement and keep keep taking sides.

absolute daftness.

so long as you read the text and got the message, whatever you have been thinking or thought is crap.

chidianan:

so long as you read the text and got the message, whatever you have been thinking or thought is crap.

whatever i was thinking was not meant for you or your kind.so your opinion is double-crap.

tribalism is sadly a reality, you have individuals that put ethnicity ahead of deen, astagfurillah i myself am guilty of arguing with someone based on ethnicity and later just realising that the individual is muslim like me well we're not all perfect, it's really pathetic, muslims are not supposed to fight against each other but for each other, we need to have a somber discussion on this problem that is causing fitna in our ummah, there is someone here that i argued with and i can't say how sorry i am for arguing with her not knowing she was muslim but we are all striving, we all want to better ourselves, so we will encounter these mishaps it's all part of the learning process inchallah