Creed & Grievance

ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA wasAssociate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford prior to his death in 2017. His books include Turning Points in African Democracy (2010), Sects and Social Disorder (2014) and, edited with David Ehrhardt, Creed & Grievance (2018). ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA wasAssociate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford prior to his death in 2017. His books include Turning Points in African Democracy (2010), Sects and Social Disorder (2014) and, edited with David Ehrhardt, Creed & Grievance (2018). Adam Higazi holds a Research Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam and is a Research Scholar, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria. Jibrin Ibrahim is a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Development, CDD, where he had earlier served as Director. Ibrahim has lectured, published and consulted extensively on democratisation and governance in Africa. KATE MEAGHER is Associate Professor in Development Studies, London School of Economics. Her books include Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria (2010), and, co-edited with Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society & Islamic Radicalization in Northern Nigeria (2020).

• Preface - David EhrhardtIntroduction: Religious Encounters in Northern Nigeria - Abdul Raufu MustaphaPART ONE: THE MUSLIM & CHRISTIAN CONTEXTThe Muslim Majority in Northern Nigeria: Sects & Trends - Philip OstienThe Significant Minority: Christians & Christianity in Northern Nigeria - David Ehrhardt and Jibrin IbrahimHistorical Contexts of Muslim-Christian Encounters in Northern Nigeria - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and David Ehrhardt and Rachael DiprosePART TWO: KEY CONTEMPORARY ISSUESChallenges of Legal Pluralism: Sharia Law & its Aftermath - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Aminu GamawaBoko Haram, Youth Mobilization & Jihadism - Marc-Antoine Pérouse de MontclosComplementarity, Competition & Conflict: Informal Enterprise & Religious Conflict in Northern Nigeria - Kate MeagherPART THREE: JOS: CONFLICT & PEACE BUILDINGJos: Fear & Violence in Central Nigeria - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Adam Higazi and Jimam Lar and Karel ChromyRural Insecurity on the Jos Plateau: Livelihoods, Land & Cattle amid Religious Reform & Violent Conflict - Adam HigaziJos: Bottom-Up & Top-Down Approaches to Peace Building - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Adam Higazi and Jimam Lar and Karel ChromyCONCLUSIONDiversity, Religious Pluralism & Democracy - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and David Ehrhardt

Indispensable to making sense of the persistent bloodletting that has long characterised northern Nigeria.