ETHNO RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT AS A TOOL FOR POLITICAL GAIN
By: IBRAHIM MUSA BABA
The wicked amongst them are using Religion and religio-political forces to become potent influences in the domestic politics of the country. The growing importance of religion as a marker of identity and a tool of political mobilization is reshaping the political landscape in an unprecedented manner in Nigeria, which is among the best countries that practice religion and believes in their religion by the both Islam and Christian FOLLOWERS are no exception to this fact.
It's observed that some politicians are using Religion as a weapon for political gain. They're using media especially the "social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to brainwash the populace through the usage of different faiths in order to support their political will. While others use some religious leaders that have polluted minds as machineries to reshape the people's faculty of thinking to embrace their movement.
The most popular and most influential political parties at the presence time in the country are APC and PDP and they're the most political parties that alledgely use or serves as indicators of the use of a religion as a political ideology, but should not be the only indices in measuring the scope and depth of religion's role in society and politics. Understanding the interplay of religion and politics warrants further exploration, particularly the role of the state and the society. Mr. Kofi Annan said and I quoted "we are all from one Adam and Eve.."We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values".
Regrettably, these failures have delegitimized the states and the ruling blocs. This engendered an environment within which religion has appeared as both an ideology of the ruling class and as a counter-hegemonic project. On the one hand, the ruling elites have used various means to continue their hold over power including use of religion, while on the other hand, religio-political forces attempt to demonstrate that failure is inherently connected to the secularist liberal ideology.
Sadly, in Nigeria there's no record of a single President or Head of State that has ever tried to Islamize or Christianize people nor one that ever shared money or resources to a single faith with the exemption of others. Nor President that boldly come out to give priority to the single faith. Surprisingly, the elites mostly hides under the guise of religion to propagate their political will and at the end of the day, they don't even listen to the religious leaders for advices. If this will continue why blaming the white men for racism? This must be stopped!!!
It's hoped that Nigerians will shun all forms of sentiment and embrace one another irrespective of RELIGION or ETHNICITY.
By: IBRAHIM MUSA BABA
The wicked amongst them are using Religion and religio-political forces to become potent influences in the domestic politics of the country. The growing importance of religion as a marker of identity and a tool of political mobilization is reshaping the political landscape in an unprecedented manner in Nigeria, which is among the best countries that practice religion and believes in their religion by the both Islam and Christian FOLLOWERS are no exception to this fact.
It's observed that some politicians are using Religion as a weapon for political gain. They're using media especially the "social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to brainwash the populace through the usage of different faiths in order to support their political will. While others use some religious leaders that have polluted minds as machineries to reshape the people's faculty of thinking to embrace their movement.
The most popular and most influential political parties at the presence time in the country are APC and PDP and they're the most political parties that alledgely use or serves as indicators of the use of a religion as a political ideology, but should not be the only indices in measuring the scope and depth of religion's role in society and politics. Understanding the interplay of religion and politics warrants further exploration, particularly the role of the state and the society. Mr. Kofi Annan said and I quoted "we are all from one Adam and Eve.."We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values".
Regrettably, these failures have delegitimized the states and the ruling blocs. This engendered an environment within which religion has appeared as both an ideology of the ruling class and as a counter-hegemonic project. On the one hand, the ruling elites have used various means to continue their hold over power including use of religion, while on the other hand, religio-political forces attempt to demonstrate that failure is inherently connected to the secularist liberal ideology.
Sadly, in Nigeria there's no record of a single President or Head of State that has ever tried to Islamize or Christianize people nor one that ever shared money or resources to a single faith with the exemption of others. Nor President that boldly come out to give priority to the single faith. Surprisingly, the elites mostly hides under the guise of religion to propagate their political will and at the end of the day, they don't even listen to the religious leaders for advices. If this will continue why blaming the white men for racism? This must be stopped!!!
It's hoped that Nigerians will shun all forms of sentiment and embrace one another irrespective of RELIGION or ETHNICITY.
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