DOCSLIB.ORG

Ethnic Conflict: a Challenge to Nigeria Development

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Ethnic Conflict: a Challenge to Nigeria Development ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: A CHALLENGE TO INCLUSIVE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT By Toyin Cotties Adetiba (201014009) Being a Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences (Development Studies) Faculty of Management and Commerce: School of Public Management and Development. University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Supervisor: Professor Aminur Rahim Date Submitted: April 2013 i Declaration I, Toyin C. Adetiba, do hereby declare that, this research study “ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: A CHALLENGE TO INCLUSIVE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT” is my work, and has never been presented for the award of any degree in any University. All references made to the works of other persons/scholars/organizations/government institutions have been duly acknowledged. ………………… ………………… Signature Date ii Approval Page This is to certify that this research project was carried out under strict supervision and has been approved for submission to the University of Fort Hare in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Philosophy in Social Sciences Development Studies. ..................................... ………………………… Supervisor Head of Department …………………………… Dean iii Dedication This work is dedicated to: My dedicated and courageous wife who gave me her total support and a life of hope and to Blessed, Favour and Praise, who have added meaning to my life. iv Acknowledgement You cannot reposition yourself without the support, encouragement and commitment of those around you sharing a vision of who you are and where you are going (Jakes, 2007). It is only by the grace of God and through the contributions of those around me who know me and share my desire to aspire to greater heights that an endeavour of this magnitude can be achieved. Without the unflinching support of a great number of people who have contributed immensely and in various capacities in the birth of my ideas, suggestions and criticisms, this work would not have come to fruition. I am grateful to the Almighty God for understanding and guidance in this endeavour. Without Him I am nothing and can do nothing. I am indeed very grateful to my Supervisor, Professor Aminur Rahim for his contribution in the writing of this thesis. He gave me his unstinting support throughout the period of the programme. His scholarly supervision allowed me to complete what I started. His approach to supervision no doubt encouraged me to accept the challenge. I cannot forget the role played by my H.O.D, Mrs. Priscilia Monyai, all through the duration of this work. Thanks so much. The roles played by my elder brother; Dr. Adeniyi O. Adetiba, who also doubled as my father and my younger brother Mr. ‘Wale Adetiba (Prince) is wholeheartedly acknowledged with gratitude. Mention must be made of Dr. and Mrs. Harbor for their support all through the duration of the programme. They are more than just family friends. In the same vein, I am indebted to Professor Edwin Ijeoma of the Institute of Management Studies, University of Fort Hare for his encouragement. v My sincere gratitude also goes to the Govan Mbeki Research and Development Center, University of Fort Hare for their financial support, Dr. Sam E. Usadolo of Department of Communication University of Fort Hare, Miss Selani Amanda of Xerox Center, University of Fort Hare, Bisho Campus, as well as Dr. Chris Isike of the University of Zululand and Mr. Atiko Timothy and family for their genuine support. I cannot but mention Mrs. Cynthia Formson also of University of Fort Hare who took pains to edit this work. My thanks also go to my wife for her sincerity, courage, love, perseverance and for keeping the home intact and most importantly for her prayers and encouragement. To all who have positively contributed to my success even though your names are not mentioned; with a heart full of joy, I am grateful to you all. God bless you abundantly. vi Abstract The question of ethnicity has been one of the most topical subjects of study by social scientists. The controversies around this phenomenon seem to have been heated up by the high visibility of mobilized and politicized ethnic groups in most multi-ethnic states. Therefore, the extent to which ethnic nationalities are able to effectively manage the interplay of ethnic differences determines to what extent a multi-ethnic nation develops without crisis. Historically Nigeria has come a long way from multi-ethnic entity with political differences and background to the amalgamation of 1914 till the present structure of thirty-six states. Ethnicity, no doubt has contributed immensely to ethnic conflicts in Nigeria because of long standing revulsion or resentments towards ethnic groups different from one’s own or fear of domination which can as well lead ethnic groups to resort to violence as a means to protect and preserve the existing ethnic groups. Significantly ethnicity in Nigeria, is a product inequality among the various ethnic groups orchestrated by a long period of colonialism; a period which witnessed the ascendancy of three major ethnic groups to the socio-political domination of other ethnic groups and a period when the three major ethnic groups were used as a pedestal for the distribution of socio-political goods, resulting in the inability of other ethnic groups to access these socio-political goods. This situation has continued to impact negatively on the forces of national integration and cohesion in ethnically divided Nigeria. Considering the relationship between ethnicity and development; socio-political exclusion is not only ethically dangerous to development but also economically unproductive. It deprives groups and individuals of the opportunity for the necessary vii development that can be beneficial to the society. Thus, it is important to develop an integrative socio-political frame-work that explicitly recognizes the participatory role of every ethnic group in governance. Hence, there is a need for the adoption of inclusive governance to manage ethnicity in Nigeria. Notwithstanding, ethnic conflict still persists and an attempt will be made in this study to identify the reasons. Central to socio-political sustainability in Nigeria is a system that should recognize that differences are important to development and encompass notions of equality. Such a system should acknowledge the socio-political and economic power of every ethnic group and promote a system devoid of ethnocentric and exclusionary socio-political and economic policies. KEY WORDS: Ethnicity, Development, Nationality, Primordialists, Instrumentalists, Citizenship, Underdevelopment, Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic culture, Civic culture. viii List of Figures Figure 1: Map of Nigeria showing the 36 states of the federation. 6 Figure 2: Diagrammatical explanation of colonial administration in Nigeria 95 ix List of Tables Table 1: Federal House of Representatives Election Results 1959 256 Table 2: Federal House of Representatives Election Results of 1979 256 Table 3: Nigeria’s Heads of State/Government and their ethnic and geographical spread from 1960 till date 256 Table 4A: Composition of Federal Ministers by Regions 1959-1966 258 Table 4B: Compositions of Federal Ministers by Regions 1979-1983 259 Table 5A: Revenue allocation formula from 1953-1967 250 Table 5B: Revenue allocation formula from 1977-2001 259 Table 6: Secondary School output in North and Southern Nigeria 1912-2001 260 Table 7: Post primary institutions in Nigeria by zone, 2009 260 Table 8: Number of post-secondary institutions (Universities) in Nigeria, showing Federal, State, and Privates institutions in each zone, 2009 261 Table 9: Regional distributions of manufacturing activities in Nigeria, 1962-1967, 1975-1985 in percentages 261 Table 10: Ethnic representations under selected northern leaders in percentages 262 x List of Appendices Appendix 1 A: The population of Nigeria (North/South) 1952-2006 in millions 263 Appendix 1B: The population of Nigeria by geo-political zones (2006 population in millions) 263 Appendix 1C: The population of Nigeria by states (2006 population in millions) 264 Appendix 2: Number of seats allocated to each region on proportional basis in 1959 General Elections 262 xi Table of Contents Title Page i Declaration ii Approval Page iii Dedication iv Acknowledgement v Abstract vii List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Appendices xi Chapter One 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Brief Historical Background of Nigeria 2 1.2 Problem Statement 13 1.3 Objective of the Study 14 1.4 Significance of the Study 16 1.5 Research Method 17 1.6 Data Collection Method 21 1.7 Sources of Data 23 1.8 Data Management and Analysis 24 1.9 Expected Findings 24 xii 1.10 Delimitation of the Study 24 1.11 Chapter Outlines 25 Chapter Two Approaches and Methods of Understanding Ethnic Conflicts 2.0 Introduction 27 2.1 Ethnicity Defined 29 2.1.1 Nationality and Ethnicity 37 2.1.2 Ethnicity through the eyes of the primordialists and Instrumentalists 42 2.1.3 Towards a theory of Social and Ethnic development 50 2.1.4 Ethnicity and Ethnic Consciousness 59 2.2 Ethnicity and Development 63 2.3 Good governance and Development 70 2.4 Human Rights, Democracy and Development 80 2.5 Conclusion 85 Chapter Three Ethnicity and Political Development in Nigeria: A Historical Backdrop on Ethnic Conflict 3.0 Introduction 87 3.1 The Dual Mandate 88 3.2 Indirect Rule 89 xiii 3.3 Ethno-Nationalism 95 3.4 Nigeria Federalism and Ethnic Conflicts 107 3.5 Partisan Nature of Electoral Politics 117 3.6 Nigeria Fiscal Policy
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Political Ideas and Movements That Created the Modern World
    harri+b.cov 27/5/03 4:15 pm Page 1 UNDERSTANDINGPOLITICS Understanding RITTEN with the A2 component of the GCE WGovernment and Politics A level in mind, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the political ideas and movements that created the modern world. Underpinned by the work of major thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Mill, Weber and others, the first half of the book looks at core political concepts including the British and European political issues state and sovereignty, the nation, democracy, representation and legitimacy, freedom, equality and rights, obligation and citizenship. The role of ideology in modern politics and society is also discussed. The second half of the book addresses established ideologies such as Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism and Nationalism, before moving on to more recent movements such as Environmentalism and Ecologism, Fascism, and Feminism. The subject is covered in a clear, accessible style, including Understanding a number of student-friendly features, such as chapter summaries, key points to consider, definitions and tips for further sources of information. There is a definite need for a text of this kind. It will be invaluable for students of Government and Politics on introductory courses, whether they be A level candidates or undergraduates. political ideas KEVIN HARRISON IS A LECTURER IN POLITICS AND HISTORY AT MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY. HE IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE McNAUGHTON LECTURER IN SOCIAL SCIENCES WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY. HE HAS WRITTEN ARTICLES ON POLITICS AND HISTORY AND IS JOINT AUTHOR, WITH TONY BOYD, OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION? and TONY BOYD WAS FORMERLY HEAD OF GENERAL STUDIES AT XAVERIAN VI FORM COLLEGE, MANCHESTER, WHERE HE TAUGHT POLITICS AND HISTORY.
    [Show full text]
  • ECSP Report 6
    Features Environmental Change & Security Project REPORT ISSUE NO. 6 • THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER • SUMMER 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES X5 Human Population and Environmental Stresses in the Twenty-first Century Richard E. Benedick 19 Oiling the Friction: Environmental Conflict Management in the Niger Delta, Nigeria Okechukwu Ibeanu SPECIAL REPORTS 33 The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States National Intelligence Council 66 Exploring Capacity for Integration: University of Michigan Population-Environment Fellows Programs Impact Assessment Project Denise Caudill COMMENTARY 77 Environment, Population, and Conflict Geoffrey D. Dabelko Ted Gaulin Richard A. Matthew Tom Deligiannis Thomas F. Homer-Dixon Daniel M. Schwartz 107 Trade and the Environment Martin Albrow Andrea Durbin Kent Hughes Stephen Clarkson Mikhail Gorbachev Anju Sharma William M. Daley Tamar Gutner Stacy D. VanDeveer OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS 119 William J. Clinton; Albert Gore, Jr.; Madeleine K. Albright; David B. Sandalow; Benjamin A. Gilman; George W. Bush; Kofi Annan; Mark Malloch Brown; Klaus Töpfer; Nafis Sadik; Gro Harlem Brundtland ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE & SECURITY PROJECT REPORT, ISSUE 6 (SUMMER 2000) 1 Features 132 NEW PUBLICATIONS Environmental Change, Adaptation, and Security 132 Ecology, Politics, and Violent Conflict 135 Hydropolitics in the Third World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins 136 Violence Through Environmental Discrimination: Causes, Rwanda Arena, and Conflict Model 139 The Sustainability
    [Show full text]
  • A Comparative Analysis of Focus Construction in Igede Language
    A Comparative Analysis of Focus Construction in Igede Language and Some Selected Dialects of Yorùbá: Oǹdó and Ìkále ̣̀ Akintoye Oluwole Samuel, Ekiti State University, Nigeria Focus construction has attracted the attention of scholars such that many works have been done on the subject in Yorùbá language, its dialects and other languages. Research reveals that there has not been any work on the comparison between focus construction in Yorùbá and Igede languages which is the focus of this paper. The discussion on focus construction in Yorùbá and Igede languages is very necessary because the two languages belong to the same Benue-Congo language family. There is no doubt that there will be areas of similarities as well as differences in the grammar of the two languages. Although the structures of focus construction in the standard dialect of Yorùbá and Igede language are different, research shows that the structures of focus construction in Igede language and that of Oǹdó and Ìkále ̣̀ dialects of Yorùbá are identical. The data collection for the paper relies on the text materials and Journals on focus constructions in addition to informants who are native speakers of Yorùbá and Igede languages. Their ages range between 65 and 70, and they are fluent in the languages. This paper is a contribution to the existing works on the grammar of Nigerian indigenous languages. The paper adopts descriptive approach for the data analysis. Keywords: focus, construction, Igede, Yorùbá, comparison 1. Introduction Scholars, such as (Bolinger 1965; Schachter 1973; Awobuluyi 1978, 1988, 1992; Awoyale 1985; Bamgbose 1990; Balthasar 1999; Aarts 2001; Aboh 2003) have carried out different research works on focus construction in English language and other languages.
    [Show full text]
  • The Future of the UK
    The Future of the UK Between Internal and External Divisions Edited by Marius Guderjan Imprint © 2016 Editor: Marius Guderjan Individual chapters in order © Marius Guderjan, Pauline Schnapper, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Neil McGarvey and Fraser Stewart, Paul Cairney, Paul Carmichael and Arjan Schakel. Centre for British Studies Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin www.gbz.hu-berlin.de Design: Sandra van Lente Cover: Marius Guderjan Cover picture: www.shutterstock.com A printed version of this ebook is available upon request. Printed by WESTKREUZ-DRUCKEREI AHRENS KG Berlin www.westkreuz.de Funded by the Future Concept resources of Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin through the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal Government and its Federal States. The Future of the UK Between Internal and External Divisions Edited by Marius Guderjan Contents Foreword 4 Notes on Contributors 6 1. Between Internal and External Divisions 9 Marius Guderjan 2. The EU Referendum and the Crisis of British Democracy 31 Pauline Schnapper 3. Loose but not Lost! Four Challenges for the EU in the 42 Aftermath of the British Referendum Sandra Schwindenhammer 4. European, not British? Scottish Nationalism and the EU 59 Referendum Neil McGarvey and Fraser Stewart 5. The Future of Scotland in the UK: Does the Remarkable 71 Popularity of the SNP Make Independence Inevitable? Paul Cairney 6. Reflections from Northern Ireland on the Result of the 82 UK Referendum on EU Membership Paul Carmichael 7. Moving Towards a Dissolved or Strengthened Union? 102 Arjan H. Schakel 3 Foreword In the light of the British referendum on EU membership on 23 June, the Centre for British Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin organised a series of public lectures on the future of the UK during the summer term 2016.
    [Show full text]
  • Table of Contents
    Oil Industry and Reindeer Herding: The Problems of Implementing Indigenous Rights in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia Anna Degteva Thesis submitted for the degree: Master of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies Faculty of Social Science, University of Tromsø Spring 2006 Co-funded by “The Challenge of Indigenousness: Politics of Rights, Resources and Knowledge”. Oil Industry and Reindeer Herding: The Problems of Implementing Indigenous Rights In the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia Anna Degteva Master Thesis Spring 2006 Master of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies Faculty of Social Sciences University of Tromsø Co-funded by: ““The Challenge of Indigenousness: Politics of Rights, Resources and Knowledge.” Centre for Sami Studies, University of Tromsø i ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank many people and institutions without whom this thesis would never have come true. First, I am grateful to the University of Tromsø (UiTø) for the opportunity to do the Master Programe in Indigenous Studies and for the resources available. I am thankful to Indra Øverland for his initial help in launching this project. For considerable financial support a special thanks goes to the research project “The Challenge of Indigenousness: Politics of Rights, Resources and Knowledge” at the Centre for Sami Studies, UiTø. I am most thankful to Professor Ivar Bjørklund at Tromsø Museum for supervising this paper with consistency, patience and good humour. I am grateful to Winfried Dallmann at the Norwegian Polar Institute, who has spent many hours helping me to make the maps for this thesis. Thank you also for the front-page picture. My deep gratitude goes to the people I met during my fieldwork in Khorey-Ver and Naryan-Mar.
    [Show full text]
  • The Sinister Political Life of Community
    NIGER DELTA ECONOMIES OF VIOLENCE WORKING PAPERS Working Paper No. 3 THE SINISTER POLITICAL LIFE OF COMMUNITY Economies of Violence and Governable Spaces in the Niger Delta, Nigeria Michael Watts Director, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA 2004 Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA The United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC, USA Our Niger Delta, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 The Sinister Political Life of Community: Economies of Violence and Governable Spaces in the Niger Delta, Nigeria Michael Watts We seek to recover the . life of the community, as neither the “before” nor the “after” picture of any great human transformation. We see “communities” as creatures with an extraordinary and actually . quite sinister political life in the ground of real history. Kelly and Kaplan (2001:199) “Community” is an archetypal keyword in the sense deployed by Raymond Williams (1976). A “binding” word, suturing certain activities and their interpretation, community is also “indicative” (Williams’s term once again) in certain forms of thought. Deployed in the language for at least five hundred years, community has carried a range of senses denoting actual groups (for example “commoners” or “workers”) and connoting specific qualities of social relationship (as in communitas). By the nineteenth century, community was, of course, invoked as a way of talking about much larger issues, about modernity itself. Community—and its sister concepts of tradition and custom—now stood in sharp contrast to the more abstract, instrumental, individuated, and formal properties of state or society in the modern sense. A related shift in usage subsequently occurred in the twentieth century, when community came to refer to a form or style of politics distinct from the formal repertoires of national or local politics.
    [Show full text]
  • The Height of Its Womanhood': Women and Genderin Welsh Nationalism, 1847-1945
    'The height of its womanhood': Women and genderin Welsh nationalism, 1847-1945 Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Kreider, Jodie Alysa Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 09/10/2021 04:59:55 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280621 'THE HEIGHT OF ITS WOMANHOOD': WOMEN AND GENDER IN WELSH NATIONALISM, 1847-1945 by Jodie Alysa Kreider Copyright © Jodie Alysa Kreider 2004 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY In Partia' Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2004 UMI Number: 3145085 Copyright 2004 by Kreider, Jodie Alysa All rights reserved. INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI UMI Microform 3145085 Copyright 2004 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code.
    [Show full text]
  • Third Edition South East ABIA
    STATES IN NIGERIA- PROFILE ABIA, EDO, OYO, BENUE, TARABA, SOKOTO Third edition South East ABIA South South EDO South West OYO North Central BENUE North East TARABA North West SOKOTO ABIA STATE IGR (2017)(₦b): 14.92 FAAC (2017)(₦b): 38.88 GDP(2015)($b): 11.95 Budget2018 (₦b):141.00 Population 2016)(NBS/NPC):3,727,300 Unemployment (2017,Q3 )(NBS):28.3 % Literacy Rate (2010): 85.1% Area: 6,320 km2 (2,440.2 sq mi) Density: 589.8/km² (1,161.4/sq mi) ABIA STATE OVERVIEW ECONOMY Abia State was created on 27 August 1991 and is located in the Crude oil and gas production contributes over 39% of the State’s South-East geopolitical zone of the country. Umuahia is the GDP however, indigenous oil companies have difficulties securing capital city and the major commercial city is Aba. required funds and infrastructural capacity to explore some marginal LGA: Abia has 17 Local Government Areas (LGA), namely : Aba oil field in the State. North, Aba South, Isiala Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa South, Manufacturing sector contributes 2% of the states GDP, Aba is the Ukwa West, Ukwa East, Obingwa, lkwuano, Bende, industrial center for pharmaceuticals, soap, plastics, cement, Arochukwu, Ohafia, lsuikwuato, Umuahia North, Umuahia footwear, cosmetics and textile manufacturing. South, Ugwunagbo, Osisioma and Nnochi. Agriculture contributes 27% of the states GDP. Some of the Ethnicity: Abia people are of the Igbo ethnic group. Igbo is their produce include: Yams, Maize, Potatoes, Rice, Cashews, Plantains, traditional language. However, English is widely spoken and is the Taro, Cassava and Oil palm.
    [Show full text]
  • I Bitterly Regret the Day I Comgromised the Unity of My Party by Admitting
    Scottish Government Yearbook 1990 FACTIONS, TENDENCIES AND CONSENSUS IN THE SNP IN THE 1980s James Mitchell I bitterly regret the day I comgromised the unity of my party by admitting the second member.< A work written over a decade ago maintained that there had been limited study of factional politics<2l. This is most certainly the case as far as the Scottish National Party is concerned. Indeed, little has been written on the party itself, with the plethora of books and articles which were published in the 1970s focussing on the National movement rather than the party. During the 1980s journalistic accounts tended to see debates and disagreements in the SNP along left-right lines. The recent history of the party provides an important case study of factional politics. The discussion highlights the position of the '79 Group, a left-wing grouping established in the summer of 1979 which was finally outlawed by the party (with all other organised factions) at party conference in 1982. The context of its emergence, its place within the SNP and the reaction it provoked are outlined. Discussion then follows of the reasons for the development of unity in the context of the foregoing discussion of tendencies and factions. Definitions of factions range from anthropological conceptions relating to attachment to a personality to conceptions of more ideologically based groupings within liberal democratic parties<3l. Rose drew a distinction between parliamentary party factions and tendencies. The former are consciously organised groupings with a membership based in Parliament and a measure of discipline and cohesion. The latter were identified as a stable set of attitudes rather than a group of politicians but not self-consciously organised<4l.
    [Show full text]
  • Terrorism in the Name of Religion: with Special Reference to Islam
    Terrorism in the Name of Religion: With Special Reference to Islam Supervisor Researcher Dr. Fr. Tapan C. De Rozario Shah Mohammad Jonayed Associate Professor Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Department of World Religions and Culture Registration No: 38 University of Dhaka Session: 2011-2012 Examination Roll Number: 2 Joining date: 17/07/2012 Department of World Religions and Culture University of Dhaka December,2018 Dhaka University Institutional Repository Terrorism in the Name of Religion: With Special Reference to Islam Thesis re-submitted to the Department of World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in World Religions and Culture. By Shah Mohammad Jonayed M.PhilResearcher Registration No: 38 Session: 2011-2012 Examination Roll Number: 2 Supervisor Dr. Fr. Tapan C. De Rozario Associate Professor Department of World Religions and Culture University of Dhaka Department of World Religions and Culture University of Dhaka December, 2018 Dhaka University Institutional Repository Terrorism in the Name of Religion: With Special Reference to Islam Dhaka University Institutional Repository Preface All religions preach the gospel of love and it is the foundation of human existence. Without peace, justice and love nations cannot develop, and man- kind can enjoy neither happiness nor tranquility. In order to achieve social stability and world peace, there must be impartiality and harmonious living among nations, among political factions, among ethnic groups, and among religions. It is clear that peace is a divine prize that may come by the way of justice not by the terrorism. If there is religious terrorism there isn’t peace.
    [Show full text]
  • History and Politics of Nomadism in Modern Palestine (1882-1948)
    History and Politics of Nomadism in Modern Palestine (1882-1948) A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic and Islamic Studies By Seraje Assi, M.A. Washington, DC May 30, 2016 Copyright 2016 by Seraje Assi All Rights Reserved ii History and Politics of Nomadism in Modern Palestine (1882-1948) Seraje Assi, M.A. Thesis Advisor: Judith Tucker, Ph.D. ABSTRACT My research examines contending visions on nomadism in modern Palestine. It is a comparative study that covers British, Arab and Zionist attitudes to nomadism. By nomadism I refer to a form of territorialist discourse, one which views tribal formations as the antithesis of national and land rights, thus justifying the exteriority of nomadism to the state apparatus. Drawing on primary sources in Arabic and Hebrew, I show how local conceptions of nomadism have been reconstructed on new legal taxonomies rooted in modern European theories and praxis. By undertaking a comparative approach, I maintain that the introduction of these taxonomies transformed not only local Palestinian perceptions of nomadism, but perceptions that characterized early Zionist literature. The purpose of my research is not to provide a legal framework for nomadism on the basis of these taxonomies. Quite the contrary, it is to show how nomadism, as a set of official narratives on the Bedouin of Palestine, failed to imagine nationhood and statehood beyond the single apparatus of settlement. iii The research and writing of this thesis is dedicated to everyone who helped along the way.
    [Show full text]
  • Domestic Terrorism in Africa
    DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AFRICA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AFRICA: DEFINING, ADDRESSING AND UNDERSTANDING ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN SECURITY DEFINING, ADDRESSING AND UNDERSTANDING ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN SECURITY Terrorism Studies & Research Program ISS Head Offi ce Block D, Brooklyn Court, VealVeale Street New Muckleneuk,, PrPretoria Tel: (27-12) 346 9500 Fax:Fa (27-12) 346 9570 E-mail: iss@[email protected] ISS AdAddis Ababa Offi ce FirsFirst Floor, Ki-Ab Building, Alexander Pushkin Street, Pushkin Square, Addis Ababa Tell:(: (251-1111)3) 37272-1154/5/6 Fax:(: (251-1111)3) 372 5954 E-mail: addisababa@is@ safrica.orgg ISS Cape Town Offi ce 67 Roeland Square, Drury Lane Gardens Cape Town 8001 South Africa TTel:(: (27-27 21) 46171 7211 Fax: (27-2121)4) 461 7213 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Nairobi Offi ce 5h5th Flloooor, LanddmarkPk Pllaza Argwings Kodhekek RRoad, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254 -20) 300 5726/8 FaxFax: (254-20) 271 2902 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Pretoria Offi ce Block C, Brooklyn Court, Veale Street New Muckleneuk, Pretoria Tel: (27-12) 346 9500 Fax: (27-12) 460 0998 Edited by Wafula Okumu and Anneli Botha E-mail: [email protected] Wafula Okumu and Anneli Botha www.issafrica.org 5 and 6 November 2007 This publication was made possible through funding provided by the ISBN 978-1-920114-80-0 Norwegian Government. In addition, general Institute funding is provided by the Governments of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. 9 781920 114800 Terrorism Studies & Research Program As a leading African human security research institution, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) works towards a stable and peaceful Africa characterised by sustainable development, human rights, the rule of law, democracy, collaborative security and gender mainstreaming.
    [Show full text]