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<ref name="persecution">{{cite web|url=http://www.persecution.org/2007/03/20/nigerias-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings/|title=Nigeria's Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings « Persecution News|date=20 March 2007|publisher=persecution.org|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
<ref name="persecution">{{cite web|url=http://www.persecution.org/2007/03/20/nigerias-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings/|title=Nigeria's Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings « Persecution News|date=20 March 2007|publisher=persecution.org|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
The [[Redeemed Christian Church of God]] is active in [[Sokoto]].<ref name="worthynews">{{cite web|url=http://www.worthynews.com/1302-nigeria-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002181747/http://www.worthynews.com/1302-nigeria-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead|title=Nigeria: Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
The [[Redeemed Christian Church of God]] is active in [[Sokoto]].<ref name="worthynews">{{cite web|url=http://www.worthynews.com/1302-nigeria-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002181747/http://www.worthynews.com/1302-nigeria-sokoto-state-stifles-growth-of-church-buildings |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead|title=Nigeria: Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
An [[Anglican Diocese of Sokoto]] of the [[Church of Nigeria]] has been created in about 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anglican-nig.org/sokoto07.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926212617/http://www.anglican-nig.org/sokoto07.htm |archivedate=2011-09-26 }}</ref> An [[ECWA Samuel Matankari Memorial College]] of the [[Evangelical Church of West Africa]] exists in [[Sokoto]].<ref>http://www.ecwang.org/site/Departments/EducationHome/Education/ECWASamuelMatankariMemorialCollegeSokoto/tabid/84/Default.aspx</ref> [[Zion World Prayer and Missions]] has its headquarters in Sokoto.<ref name="zionworldmission">{{cite web|url=http://www.zionworldmission.org/|title=ZION WORLD PRAYER & MISSION &#124; HOME OF STRONG PEOPLE|publisher=zionworldmission.org|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
An [[Anglican Diocese of Sokoto]] of the [[Church of Nigeria]] has been created in about 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anglican-nig.org/sokoto07.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926212617/http://www.anglican-nig.org/sokoto07.htm |archivedate=2011-09-26 }}</ref> An [[ECWA Samuel Matankari Memorial College]] of the [[Evangelical Church of West Africa]] exists in [[Sokoto]].<ref>http://www.ecwang.org/site/Departments/EducationHome/Education/ECWASamuelMatankariMemorialCollegeSokoto/tabid/84/Default.aspx {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref> [[Zion World Prayer and Missions]] has its headquarters in Sokoto.<ref name="zionworldmission">{{cite web|url=http://www.zionworldmission.org/|title=ZION WORLD PRAYER & MISSION &#124; HOME OF STRONG PEOPLE|publisher=zionworldmission.org|accessdate=2016-05-30}}</ref>
The [[anti-Christian riots of 1966]] resulted in the displacement of many [[Christians]].<ref name="dacb">{{cite web|url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/dempsey_michael.html|title=Dempsey, Michael James, Nigeria, Catholic Church (Dominican)|publisher=dacb.org|accessdate=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328133516/http://dacb.org/stories/nigeria/dempsey_michael.html|archive-date=2016-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The [[anti-Christian riots of 1966]] resulted in the displacement of many [[Christians]].<ref name="dacb">{{cite web|url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/dempsey_michael.html|title=Dempsey, Michael James, Nigeria, Catholic Church (Dominican)|publisher=dacb.org|accessdate=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328133516/http://dacb.org/stories/nigeria/dempsey_michael.html|archive-date=2016-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Christianity is a minority religion in the Nigerian State of sokoto, where Sharia is constitutionally enforced (only muslims). The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has some 44,000 Catholics.[1] Sokoto State is an area of Nigerian sectarian violence and persecution of Christians.[2] [3] The Redeemed Christian Church of God is active in Sokoto.[4] An Anglican Diocese of Sokoto of the Church of Nigeria has been created in about 1990.[5] An ECWA Samuel Matankari Memorial College of the Evangelical Church of West Africa exists in Sokoto.[6] Zion World Prayer and Missions has its headquarters in Sokoto.[7] The anti-Christian riots of 1966 resulted in the displacement of many Christians.[8]

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References

  1. ^ http://zenit.idra.info/article/32842[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "::: IMS – Internationales Magazin für Sicherheit :::". ims-magazin.de. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ^ "Nigeria's Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings « Persecution News". persecution.org. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.ecwang.org/site/Departments/EducationHome/Education/ECWASamuelMatankariMemorialCollegeSokoto/tabid/84/Default.aspx [dead link]
  7. ^ "ZION WORLD PRAYER & MISSION | HOME OF STRONG PEOPLE". zionworldmission.org. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  8. ^ "Dempsey, Michael James, Nigeria, Catholic Church (Dominican)". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-05-30.


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