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Farouk Martins Aresa writes about Yoruba religious tolerance, highlighting its existence despite the presence of Christianity and Islam within Yoruba communities, citing examples like interfaith families and the mutual coexistence of churches and mosques.

He suggests this tolerance stems from their philosophy and trading culture, which fostered an open mind to new beliefs, and emphasizes that this approach contrasts with more rigid religious environments in other parts of the world.

Interfaith coexistence: Aresa notes that churches and mosques are often situated side-by-side in Yorubaland, and interfaith families are common, such as a Muslim father and Christian wife who supports his fasting during Ramadan.

Philosophical basis: He points to a Yoruba belief, "A father's religion doesn't automatically mean salvation for the offspring," as a key reason for their open-mindedness toward other religions.

Cultural influence: Aresa posits that the Yoruba people's history as traders played a role in their embracing different faiths. Their culture encourages an open mind and willingness to encounter and accept new beliefs.

Contrast with other regions: Aresa contrasts Yoruba tolerance with the religious conflicts seen in other regions, suggesting that the Yoruba model offers a path to peace and unity. He argues this model is particularly relevant for addressing intolerance elsewhere.

If not Nigeria, where else?

The rest of the world are worse in character and culture but Nigerians never appreciate what beauty their noble ancestors bestowed on them. Too busy scavenging around the world.

That's a lie , Nigeria remains the most dangerous place to be christian on earth

laiperi:
If not Nigeria, where else?

The rest of the world are worse in character and culture but Nigerians never appreciate what beauty their noble ancestors bestowed on them. Too busy scavenging around the world.

Show us anywhere 7000 christian have been killed in one year ....

Do you know that 70k has been killed because they are Christians, where and when?

Ask yourself how many Muslims have been killed and how many Igbo have been ordered killed by Kanu.

Hypocrites!

Go to China and defend Christians.

SarkinYarki:
Show us anywhere 7000 christian have been killed in one year ....

SarkinYarki:
Show us anywhere 7000 christian have been killed in one year ....

A fabricated lie or gross exaggeration at best. Just to get their wish of killing Nigeria if they cannot rule by force or tulasi. Who invites a world renowned economic raider to invade their home?

Having said that, I hope the Civilian Government will now have reason, urgency and the audacity to go after terrorists in the North and South, Christians or Muslims.

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Farouk Martins Aresa writes about Yoruba religious tolerance, highlighting its existence despite the presence of Christianity and Islam within Yoruba communities, citing examples like interfaith families and the mutual coexistence of churches and mosques.

He suggests this tolerance stems from their philosophy and trading culture, which fostered an open mind to new beliefs, and emphasizes that this approach contrasts with more rigid religious environments in other parts of the world.

Interfaith coexistence: Aresa notes that churches and mosques are often situated side-by-side in Yorubaland, and interfaith families are common, such as a Muslim father and Christian wife who supports his fasting during Ramadan.

Philosophical basis: He points to a Yoruba belief, "A father's religion doesn't automatically mean salvation for the offspring," as a key reason for their open-mindedness toward other religions.

Cultural influence: Aresa posits that the Yoruba people's history as traders played a role in their embracing different faiths. Their culture encourages an open mind and willingness to encounter and accept new beliefs.

Contrast with other regions: Aresa contrasts Yoruba tolerance with the religious conflicts seen in other regions, suggesting that the Yoruba model offers a path to peace and unity. He argues this model is particularly relevant for addressing intolerance elsewhere.

Why then did you replace Yoruba with Nigeria. Which type of fabrication is that

Rubbish. Trying to ascribe the character of one ethnic group of a nation, that contrast starkly with that of many others, is intellectually dishonest and deceitful.

Igbos are not religiously tolerant neither are Northerners who are even far worse and back blasphemy killing which is as crudely intolerant and hideous as any group of people can be.

Was Deborah, a Christian, not killed gruesomely by Moslems for blasphemy with most Northerners, covertly or overtly, supporting the actions of her killers?

You cannot use the exemplary religious tolerance of a people, circa 40 million in population, I e Yorubas, as definitive of the character of a nation with 230 million people.

As a whole, Nigeria is generally a religiously intolerant nation. Take the four major ethnic groups for example. I.e Yorubas, Igbos, Hausa and Fulanis. Who can honestly say any, aside the Yorubas, are religiously tolerant observing the ways they all live in their traditional domain?

Ttalk:
Why then did you replace Yoruba with Nigeria. Which the of fabrication is that

Repellent and shameless thievery bro. Out of 230 million people, how many are actually religiously tolerant? Are all Nigerians now Yoruba?

Claiming Nigeria is the most religiously tolerant nation in the world, because of the exemplary conduct of Yorubas, is a sick joke considering the same nation host regions where poor Deborah, a Christian, was brutally murdered for blasphemy.

Let OP go and blashpheme against Islam in the NW and NE na since, according to him, Nigeria is the most religiously tolerant nation in the world

This thread is very distasteful. Rather than using the laudable conduct of Yoruba to whitewash the sordid reality of Nigeria, we should be fighting to improve the hideous and unacceptable religious intolerance of several regions and people of Nigeria.

Religious tolerance is most exemplified by the absence of religion in public life and the acceptance religion is private worship. This is not the case with North, the most populous region of Nigeria, with 12 States officially under Sharia law in a supposedly secular nation.

SarkinYarki:
That's a lie , Nigeria remains the most dangerous place to be christian on earth

Point of correction: northern Nigeria. Those diabolical Brits lumping us together doesn't mean we have anything in common.

This attribute actually shows who those that are civilized in Nigeria are.

South West precisely.

My hood where I grew up, chai, mosque, church, shrine are all beside each other.

When it comes to traditional religion, almost all the locals are in my area. Masquerade, Oro, Igunuko, confraternity, just name it

We all live together as one. The same way we treat religion is the same way we treat politics. After the arguments, your neighbor will still remain your neighbor

Perhaps my tolerance journey started from my hood unconsciously

Brenbentondiaz:
This attribute actually shows who those that are civilized in Nigeria are.

Indeed Baba. Let us call a spade a spade. It is at times like this Nigeria must give credit to those they take for granted

I.e Yorubas who, arguably and along with the SS, are the most exemplary valuable components of our nation today while those who continue to misbehave with impunity, and threatening the existence of Nigeria, remain insistent they are best and must be put in charge of Nigeria and all others.

helinues:
South West precisely.

My hood where I grew up, chai, mosque, church, shrine are all beside each other.

When it comes to traditional religion, almost all the locals are in my area. Masquerade, Oro, Igunuko, confraternity, just name it

We all live together as one. The same way we treat religion is the same way we treat politics. After the arguments, your neighbor will still remain your neighbor

Perhaps my tolerance journey started from my hood unconsciously

It is same with most Yorubas. We understand that religion is private worship and relationship with our respective spirituality that we must not allow affect other aspects of life.

The North is worst in that regard because they want Islam central to everything. I personally believe Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder because of the North.

We will be in serious trouble if we all don't begin to see it is as our responsibility to insist that Northerners, in so far as they wish to be part of the secular nation of Nigeria, must embrace secularism which should apply to all regions of Nigeria. No exception.

SarkinYarki:
That's a lie , Nigeria remains the most dangerous place to be christian on earth

who are those killing Christians in d south east?

SarkinYarki:
Show us anywhere 7000 christian have been killed in one year ....

can we see their corpses or tomb?


U people just throw figures around?

N hope people killed by ipob in d south east aren't added?

If you’ve ever lived in the north. Deep core northern states and remote areas, you’ll know that any religion aside Islam is looked down upon.

A Muslim from the southern part of Nigeria is also seen as a less or incomplete Muslim by their northern counterparts.

Those saying there’s religious tolerance in Nigeria are those that have lived in one part (Southwestern) most of their lives.

I served in a public school in Rogogo, ZANGO area of Katsina many years back. The Christian girls in the school were just about 6-10 and were sternly looked down upon by both their fellow students and teachers. They treat them as second class citizens even when large majority of those Christian girls were from the same state as the rest.

How do you want to explain that children are taught to see non-Muslims as kafir and call those people religious tolerant?

WizardOfNG:
Majority of what you say is correct yet the bolded is wrong and is further proof that, in every discussion here here, you are always singling out Yorubas negatively as much as you can, and siding with non-Yorubas, while you claim to be Yoruba. Nobody who is genuinely Yoruba will act as you do here.

Yorubas know they are exemplarily tolerant and lauded globally when it comes to matters of respect for religious co-existence. It is other Nigerians who should seek to be like us, and other tolerant folks from the SS and NC, so our nation can be better.

We are not deluded it is others, like Igbos you defend always, perhaps because you are one pretending to be Yorubas, and the Northerners who must change so that every corner of Nigeria can enjoy the religious tolerance the world has come to take for granted about the SW and Yorubas.

How has the statement you marked shown that I painted the tribe you mentioned negatively?

Who are those clergymen that have been saying there’s no religious intolerance in Nigeria and what region do they reside?

Nothing concern Yoruba race concern those fake foreign religions

When it comes to religious tolerance, you cannot mention Yoruba and other Nigerians in the same sentence or lump Yoruba worldwide with other ethnic groups, no matter which country they are. Please if anyone know any group's tolerance apart from Yoruba, please educate us.

Yoruba na wa o!