Author: Mohammed Ibrahim / Source: Good News Network
Republished with permission from Peace News Network
December 21st, 2018
What would happen if you built a Muslim mosque right next door to a Christian church in a country that is plagued by religious violence?
In Nigeria, where religious violence has intensified over the course of the last year, building two places of worship so close to each other seemed like an impossibility.
Residents in the suburb of Kudanden were nervous when construction began on the new mosque, as it was situated next to a Living Faith church. The buildings even shared a fence-line.But despite clashes between the two religious groups in other parts of the country, worshipers here have been determined to work together.
“The issue of peaceful co-existence, or better still, refer to it as religious co-existence, cannot be over-emphasized,” said Christian resident Isiah Benjamin.
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