Nigeria: Islamist push.(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 6, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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MOST of the Rev Olu Joseph's congregation in a small Christian church in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara, a state in northern Nigeria, are migrants from the south. They are Igbos and Yorubas in the overwhelmingly Muslim, Hausa-speaking state, where they have lived in harmony for many years. Last month the newly-elected governor of Zamfara, Ahmed Sani, dropped a bombshell by announcing the introduction of sharia, or Islamic law.

Mr Sani says he in...

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