= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
Lumifer comments on [POLITICS] Jihadism and a new kind of existential threat - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (143)
Nigeria is composed of three people/tribes: the Christian Yoruba in the south-west, the Christian Igbo in the south-east, and the Muslim Hausa in the north. They periodically fight -- e.g. in the late 60s they had basically a civil war when Igbo tried for independence (see Biafra) and were suppressed.
Boko Haram is based in the Hausa north and Hausa don't like the more powerful and richer southern Christians.