Talk:Religion in Nigeria

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I'd suggest that some information be imported to this article from Church of Nigeria, especially since that church is one of the largest in the Anglican Communion and because of its role in "adopting" several American churches (by way of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America). I'd do it myself, but I'm only minimally familiar with the Anglican Communion, and even less familiar with Christianity in Nigeria. --Tim4christ17 ^talk 14:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other religions

Re the additions made to 'other religions'. The principle is fine, but I have doubts about the inclusion of some of these. The entries for the Rosicrucian Order and Hari Krishna do not tell us anything about these religions in Nigeria, and in particular where they operate, how many adherents -- and this isn't the place to discuss what these religions are about, their own articles are for that. Some of them are also questionable on grounds of notability. If the Grail Movement only has 20,000 adherients worldwide, how many in Nigeria? A thousand? In a country of 140,000,000 virtually every religion, sect and cult will be represented. I daresay Buddhism and Bahai have far more adherents than those included. But the most questionalble addition is Scientology, and I've deleted this because firstly there's no evidence presented that there are any substantial numbers in Nigeria -- two high profile members doesn't make it notable. Secondly the reference whihc was quoted does not back up the text -- there's nothing in the article to back up the claim that Scientology is praised for curbing corruption amongst the government elite. Lastly, Scientology is not included in the article Religion in the United States, where it was founded and has the most members, so what justification is there for including it in Religion of Nigeria? Rexparry sydney 10:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jehovah's Witnesses

They should not be under Christianity. Sarcelles (talk) 12:30, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The biased POV that JWs are not Christian has been discussed at length. However, if you wish, you may present your opinion about why JWs should not be listed under Christianity.--Jeffro77 (talk) 13:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As long as they call themselves Christians and believe that Jesus is Χριστός I don't see any where else to put them, at wikipedia we don't classify religions as being one of either nicene, heretic or pagan although that is the basic classification scheme for some people.·Maunus·ƛ· 20:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

The article seems to make a statement that the north is predominately Muslim and infers that the south is christian. Northern Nigerians have personally stated that is incorrect and claim the Muslims there try to claim the number in the north based on things such as what language you speak. If you speak Hausa then you are Muslim which they claim is not the truth. They claim the relationship is more like 15%-20% are Muslims [Which I find hard to believe that numbers could be so far off]. However my information comes from Nigerians who were not Christians or Muslims but were from the North of Nigeria. It seems to be a important point they say people in the USA are being mislead about the issues(I am located in Asia so I don't know what is being said there). Perhaps picture proof could be given? if the article says that there are few churches in the north then there should be proof of that. At this point all I know is that the information here is inaccurate based upon what the Nigerians are tell me. I know there was a recent BBC article about it and many from Nigeria commented on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.165.26.179 (talk) 14:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Islam in Nigeria

The statement 'Islam is a traditional religion' in Africa is a difficult statement. One can acknowledge the long historical presence of Islam in Africa but calling it a traditional religion there is bogus.Domsta333 (talk) 11:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]