ICC Note:
According to reports, over 100 people have died as a result of religious conflicts between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria’s central state of Plateau. This and other on going religiously motivated violence has lead USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom) to express concern over Nigeria’s inability to bring peace to this state. Nigeria is already labeled a “country of particular concern,” but more action must be taken to end this violence.                  
4/17/2013 Nigeria (AllAfrica) – United States Commission on international Religious Freedom, USCIRF, has expressed concern over ongoing attacks and retaliations by Muslims and Christians in Plateau State, which have left more than 100 persons dead and dozens of property destroyed since March this year.
The commission’s chair, Dr. Katrina Swett, said: “The recent Muslim-Christian violence in Plateau State exposes the Nigerian government’s failure to effectively deal with a history of religiously-related violence that threatens the country’s stability.
Religiously-related violence has led to more deaths in Northern Nigeria than have Boko Haram attacks. The Nigerian government needs to end this entrenched violence and the culture of impunity,”
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