Toyin Falola at 73 Conference Organized by Lead City University; Cresta Hotel 5th Jan 2025; Pics from 1st Paper on Christian/Muslim Political Participation in Nigeria

[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

Session on Divergences in Political Participation  Between  Christians and Muslims in Nigeria

        Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

Image above: the celebrant Toyin Falola

The paper presenter argued that Muslims in Nigeria are more active in politics than Christians.

There was a pushback from respondents on defining the lived identity of a Muslim or Christian in terms of belief and life style.

Respondents also probed the possible rarionale for such discrepancies in political participation between the two religions, to which the presenter responded.

Core to those issues were ideas of the relationship between the sacred and the profane.

Are they divided or unified?

How do perceptions of this question influence political participation across both religions?