THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COMBATING RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The paper entitled, ‘the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Combating Religious Violence in Nigeria’ is motivated by the violence activities instigated by Islamic movements through their multiple organization of Islamic Corporation Conferences which are criminal and infringements of the fundamental human rights of Nigeria citizens. The declared jihad on Christians and other religious adherents are for political and religious interest and dominance. Article 2 of the Cairo Declaration, subjected the United Nation Resolutions on Human Rights,1948 to be under sharia and Quranic rules; thereby contravened the fundamental principles of the Constitutional Human rights of Nigerian citizens by the instigated unjust violence and terror acts in the name of Islamic expansion. The work will examine the available Artificial Intelligence mechanism to combat religious violence acts. The paper employed phenomenological, qualitative approach with the use of library and literature materials: Holy Scripture, Law and Religious books; United Nations’ documents; internet materials, encyclopedia and journals. The paper will look at the human rights violations by the religious terror groups; look at the available anti-terror laws, domestically and internationally to counter the crimes. Furthermore, the paper will recommend thus: re-visitation of the 1948 United Nations Human Rights Conference and re-validate the resolutions globally; demand for the revisitation of the article 2 Cairo Declaration and other anti-Human Rights resolutions in their respective conferences held globally, and re-validate the humanitarian protection laws; the paper will finally advice the global and domestic Governments, the use of Artificial Intelligence mechanism to enforce the counter violence conventions/ laws, accordingly.