HARMONIOUS RELIGIOUS COEXISTENCE IN THE BARRACKS, A MODEL APPROACH FOR HUMANITY

HARMONIOUS RELIGIOUS COEXISTENCE IN THE BARRACKS, A MODEL APPROACH FOR HUMANITY

ABSTRACT

The research seeks to examine “Harmonious Religious Co-Existence in the Barracks (A model approach for humanity)”. The major aim of this study is to examine harmonious religious co-existence in Nigeria with emphasis on Nigerian barracks, and also, to examine the extent religion is abused or manipulated for selfish political reasons. The research found that Nigeria is made of three principal power blocs, the northern, western and the eastern blocs which includes the core east and the south-south, but the eastern bloc was annihilated during the Biafra war. It was however also observed that where there is a perceived disagreement, discrimination, dissatisfaction or threat to the survival of a religion, religious institutions can therefore become a cheap recruiting ground for the recruitment and mobilization of dissidents for both protest and rebellion. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that no country therefore can grow, develop and prosper technologically, scientifically, economically and socially without peaceful cooperation and coexistence. It is on this basis that we advocate for religious tolerance and political cooperation in the world. It is therefore recommended that, proper resources control should be properly enshrined in the constitution where minor ethnic groups or nationalities with resources can properly be taken care of in the federated government. And, politicians trying to use religion to campaign in politics should be disqualified from running such elections.