Nigeria is sharply divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south.

Eventually, people from the Muslim north became targets of official harassment.

Sharia law, used only in the predominantly Muslim north of the country.

The general last week canceled a scheduled trip to the Muslim north over security concerns.

This remains so particularly in the mainly Muslim north, where they are seen as custodians of both religion and tradition.

The country's predominantly Muslim north has largely continued to support the military, an institution its residents have long dominated.

The war is in many ways a religious conflict, pitting the Muslim north against the Christian south.

The country's third major region, the predominantly Muslim north, is expected to go strongly for the Republicans.

That country has a strong fundamentalist Muslim north and a Christian group in the south.

It represented a substantial element of reformism in the Muslim north.