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Nigeria joins the Organization of the Islamic Conference

Nigeria's OIC membership generated controversy in a religiously mixed federation.

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1986

Nigeria joins the Organization of the Islamic Conference

Nigeria's OIC membership generated controversy in a religiously mixed federation.

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Nigeria's OIC membership generated controversy in a religiously mixed federation. Critics saw it as evidence of religious favoritism by a military government.

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