{"id":380,"date":"2025-05-11T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T12:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/?post_type=article&#038;p=380"},"modified":"2025-05-11T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:40:00","slug":"conflict-of-opinions-on-the-constitutional-right-to-freedom-of-religion-in-nigeria-an-islamic-perspective","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/article\/conflict-of-opinions-on-the-constitutional-right-to-freedom-of-religion-in-nigeria-an-islamic-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict of Opinions on the Constitutional Right to Freedom of Religion in Nigeria: An Islamic Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The right to freedom of religion is enshrined in Section 38 (1) of 1999 Nigerian Constitution. However, religious leaders and scholars hold divergent opinions on the assumption that the country is either a secular or multi-religious state. Moreso, the right to propagate religion as enshrined in the Constitution is applied by some missionary schools to impose their religious teachings on children of another religion and prevent such children from practising theirs, the aftermath of which has been provoking crises between Muslims and Christians in some quarters. Against this backdrop, this study examines divergent opinions on the constitutional provision to ascertain the religious nature of the country. It also investigates into the root causes of the conflict of opinions and proffer solution from Islamic perspective. Thus, analytical method was adopted. It was discovered from the realities on ground that Islam and Christianity are officially recognised along other religions in the country contrary to the erroneous notion of its secularism. It was also found that conflict of opinions on freedom of religion is due to some factors which are to be redressed from Islamic point of view. It was concluded that based on Section 38 (1) of the Constitution and in accordance with Qur\u2019\u0101nic injunctions, everyone is to be permitted to practise his religious teachings either in private or public as long as such a religious practice does not impede the right of others to practise their religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdf-viewer-block-standard\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uploaded-pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/paper-3.pdf\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The right to freedom of religion is enshrined in Section 38 (1) of 1999 Nigerian Constitution. 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