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The Nigerian Constitution speaks in the language of freedom, equality and justice in one breath and in the language of promotion of dominant religions in another. This incoherence has afflicted policy makers and legislators. It has resulted in policies and initiatives that trigger conflicting claims of religious manipulation and marginalisation. Sam Amadi Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Baze University, Nigeria Thus, through this influence and their prophetic mission, churches are expected to influence government policies that will promote social justice and equity. The citizens look up to churches as independent voices to speak with authority and condemn social vices associated with falling values and erring economy, such as bribery, corruption and policies that are perceived to be repressive and exploitative ... The point is, humanity cannot be said to be flourishing when social vices, injustices and inhumane policies thrive, and churches in their prophetic role cannot condemn them. Idowu A Akinloye Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law, Rhodes University, South Africa In a milieu of scarcity, I see the other as a threat to my own existence, because I tend to prioritise the existence of my own self over that of the other. Put differently, scarcity affects and negatively transforms our human relationships, undermining the communal collaborative ethos of society such as ubuntu. Therefore, scarcity reveals not only the humanity and sameness, but also the anti-humanity, of the Other. Theodros Teklu Research Fellow, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University Lecturer, Philosophical Theology and Ethics, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology It must at the outset be emphasised that the right to self-determination recognises in broad outline the pluralism of ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversities within a political society as a salient fact that ought to be accommodated in the political structures and legal arrangements of the state. However, it is equally important that group alliances based on a common ethnic extraction, cultural heritage, religious conviction or linguistic identity ought not to be afforded a role within the body politic beyond the distinctive attribute that constitutes the bond between members of the group. That is to say, it is the essence of the right to self-determination that the relevance of group interests are to be cut down to size, dictated by the nature of the group. Johan D van der Vyver IT Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law Extraordinary Professor, Department of Private Law, University of Pretoria

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