Documentary: ‘Dialogue in Nigeria – Muslims & Christians creating their future’
Jos, Nigeria
October 21-24, 2010
From the project website:
“This hopeful documentary gives voices and faces to 200 courageous Muslims and Christians – diverse young women and men – who unite successfully in Jos, central Nigeria.
“Refusing to be enemies, they are together during days and evenings of the 2010 International Conference on Youth and Interfaith Communication.
“They are tense yet excited to finally cross lines of religion, economics, tribe, and gender to transcend the status quo and discover empathy for each other’s personal life experiences.
“Together they realize that an enemy is one whose story we have not heard, while listening-to-learn and thus dignifying themselves and the ‘others’ “.
Order your DVD (air-mailed without charge); or Watch the film (65 mins)
March 2012 ToM: Religious violence in Nigeria
Some recent coverage of the rise of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria:
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Lurid Picture of Nigeria’s Muslims in Newsweek (13 Feb 2012)
- Nigeria names former soldier as suspect in the Christmas Day church bombing (15 Feb 2012)
- Islamist sect has support in Nigerian government – president
Plus:
Written statement submitted by the Jubilee Campaign to the UN Human Rights Council’s Nineteenth session, March 2012 (Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention): Advocacy of religious hatred in Nigeria (PDF, 4 pages)
Plus:
A grassroots project in Jos to bring Muslims & Christians together