KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nonbelievers in Nigeria said they perennially have been treated as second-class citizens in the deeply religious country.

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Though the groups originated in different parts of West Africa, religion, intermarriage and adoption of the Hausa language by the Fulani have unified the groups over time.

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Which explains why the Yoruba race is traditionally tolerant towards different religions and people. Unfortunately, the same Yoruba race is today showing strains of religious intolerance.

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He said, “I still don’t understand how our religion has been turned into a weapon of social upheavals in our country without such happening in our neighbouring countries.

Nigeria is one of the many countries where the victims of violent religious persecution are in danger of being forgotten.

The reality is that Nigeria is fighting multiple security threats, including banditry, terrorism, and organised crime, all of which affect different communities irrespective of religion,' it said.

Each has various denominations or sects in Nigeria as elsewhere. However, the different sects within each religion often come together as one when confronted with the other religion.