Middle East & Africa | Nigeria's Muslim sects
Stagnation stirs everything up
Sectarian strife is often more about money than faith
|Kano
EPA
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Stagnation stirs everything up"
From the January 30th 2010 edition
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