These new religious divisions have had substantial political consequences. (firstthings.com)
Four years after he was appointed Sultan of Sokoto, he reigns at a time of deepening religious division in Nigeria, a nation almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Today, however, when religious divisions between Protestants, Catholics, and Jews have declined, the evidentiary grounds upon which he stood seems less clear. (firstthings.com)