Nigerian Group Presses For Law Protecting Religious Freedom

The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) plans to sponsor a bill in the National Assembly to insure religious tolerance in the country. This Day reports on a press conference held this past week end by the President of CLASFON, Jonathan Kish Adamu, who says that his group, along with the Afri Foundation hopes to counteract the continuing religious conflict in both the northern and southern parts of Nigeria. With support from Open Society Initiative for West Africa, plans are underway to hold a series of conference across Nigeria to broaden support for such a law.