In recent weeks, there has been several violent clashes between Christian and Muslim groups in Nigeria. Hundreds of people have been slaughtered in various attacks. I noticed that most of the news reports portray the clashes as being based on religious affiliation. In Pope Benedicts prayers and comments related to the situation, he seems to specifically stay away from any reference to the clashes being based on religious affiliation. In a recent report from ZENIT, Archbiship Onaiyekan of Abuja provides some clarification. He states that the clashes are based on economic issues and are classic confrontations "between farmers and herdsmen, only the Fulani (herdsmen) are all Muslims and the Berom (farmers) all Christians".
Archbishop Onaiyekan may be right, but I am still not quite at the point of holding my breath.
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