Once again, The Economist, with my favorite punchline that, if you think about it, says absolutely nothing: “In Africa religious war is neither inevitable nor impossible.” (Because in other continents it’s inevitable and/or impossible? Sounds good at first read, though.)
A beacon of faiths
In Africa religious war is neither inevitable nor impossible
But many Christians (among the countries surveyed, the median level was 43%) saw in Islam a potential for violence; fewer Muslims (the median was 20%) saw Christianity in a similar light.
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Africans have a deep sense of the spiritual. The share of people who described religion as “very important” in their lives ranged from 98% in Senegal to 69% in Botswana. That compares with 57% of Americans, 25% of Germans and 8% of Swedes.
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Meanwhile, switching between Islam and Christianity seems rare—bar in Uganda, where a third of respondents who were raised Muslim are now Christian.