On the Christmas Day, more than 40 Nigerians were killed in attacks claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group on churches. The most deadly attack killed at least 27 people in the St Theresa Catholic church in Madalla, a town on the edge of the capital Abuja, and devastated surrounding buildings and cars as faithful poured out of the church after Christmas mass.
The bombings prompted an umbrella Christian group to warn of a religious conflict in Africa's most populous country, as reported by Onislam.net News desk.
Reacting to the horrific attacks, Muslim leaders from Nigeria and worldwide have condemned this terror alerting Nigerians to stand against any sectarian clashes.
"I want to assure all Nigerians that there is no conflict between Muslims and Christians, between Islam and Christianity," Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto said following a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan as reported by The Daily Telegraph.
Nigeria, one of the world's most religiously committed nations, is divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south. Muslims and Christians, who constitute 55 and 40 percent of Nigeria's 140 million population respectively, have lived in peace for the most part. But ethnic and religious tensions have bubbled for years, fuelled by decades of resentment between indigenous groups.
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