TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - What drives inter-religious violence? Lessons from Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Tanzania
JO  - Studies in conflict and terrorism
A1  - Basedau, Matthias
A1  - Vüllers, Johannes
A1  - Körner, Peter
SP  - 857
EP  - 879
VL  - 36
IS  - 10
N2  - Given its religious demography, sub-Saharan Africa seems particularly prone to the outbreak of violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. This article compares three sub-Saharan countries--Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Tanzania--that display different levels of inter-religious violence despite each having in common similar population ratios of Christians and Muslims, as well as all sharing a number of the classical risk factors for conflict onset. The analysis of these three case studies shows that higher levels of inter-religious violence result from horizontal inequalities and overlapping religious and ethnic group boundaries that, in the context of tense political transformation, consequently breed inter-religious grievances and violence. When theological ideas become politicized, inter-religious violence reaches its most intense level of expression.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1057-610X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2013.823761
ID  - ref1
ER  -