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  Religious leaders in Christianity and Islam, on Tuesday, raised fears that the continued attacks on sacred places of worship in Nigeria may set the tone for destruction.   Those who made the submission were the immediate past-President of the Christian Council of Nigeria, Most Rev. Benebo Fubara-Manuel and former Chief Imam of the National Assembly Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Nuru Khalid.   Figures collated from media reports of targeted attacks on churches and mosques in 2022 in Nigeria indicated that 139 clerics were killed while at least 394 Christians and Muslims were kidnapped.     Fubara-Manuel and Khalid expressed their minds during a one-day high-level engagement with youth religious leaders initiated by a KAICIID Fellow, Rev. Dr Uzoaku Williams, with support from the International Dialogue Centre, KAICIID, in Abuja, with the theme, “The protection of Holy Sites and sacred places: The role of young Leaders.”   Uzoaku Williams expl...