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    Inter-Religious Relations among the Yoruba and Hausa Communities in Ogbomosho, Oyo State and its Implications for Peaceful Co-Existence in Nigeria
    (Published by Department of Religions and Peace Studies, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria., 2025-02) Bamgbose, Alfred Adekunle; Shuaib, Shadiat Olapeju,
    Abstract Inter-religious relations, between communities with diverse ethno-religious inclinations, are aimed at promoting mutual understanding and coexistence, among the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Ogbomoso, Oyo state. Existing studies on relations among the Yoruba and the Hausa in Ogbo moso town have focused largely on their economic, political, social and cultural relations with lit tle attention paid to their inter-religious relations. This study was, therefore, designed to examine inter-religious relations among the Yoruba and the Hausa in Ogbomoso with a view to identifying factors that promoted relationship and incidents that undermined their peaceful co-existence. Key informant interviews were conducted with 40 religious leaders from both religions in the commu nity. Interreligious Relations Questionnaire on Peaceful Co-existence was administered. The quali tative data were content-analysed, while the quantitative data were subjected to descriptive anal ysis. Factors that promoted inter-religious harmony among the Yoruba and Hausa in Ogbomoso were: commerce, politics, establishment of ethnic communities, inter-ethnic marriage, participa tion in religious festivals and cultural assimilation. While incidents that undermined the inter-reli gious harmony between the Hausa and Yoruba in Ogbomoso were: indigenous land rights and col lection of laada (payment of commission). In Ogbomoso, the Hausa claimed indigenous land rights that Sabo is an autonomous Hausa community not subject to the Yoruba traditional authority and collection of Laada from the indigenes resulted in conflict. Majority (75.0%) identified groups in teract harmoniously. Socio-economic and political factors both contributed to the promotion and incidents that undermined inter-religious relations among the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Ogbomoso in Southwestern Nigeria. Keywords: interreligious relations, Yoruba community, Hausa community, Ogbomoso