Anti-Christian Jihad Massacre Rages on in Nigeria

The horrific decade-long Muslim persecution of Christians in Nigeria continues to be destructive and bloody. The most recent killings left 37 Christians dead in Benue state.

Multiple African countries, including Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda suffer from regular or even constant radical Islamic terrorism. As of 2021, Nigerians made up eight out of every ten Christians killed for their faith globally.

JihadWatch explains the recent lack of coverage for the crisis in Nigeria:

“There hasn’t been much news of the jihad in Nigeria lately, but this is not because things have calmed down. The Nigerian media, apparently under pressure from the government, has begun to imitate the Western media. Instead of noting that these attacks were carried out by ‘Fulani herdsmen’ or ‘Boko Haram,’ which would indicate that they were jihad attacks, Nigerian media outlets have begun referring to the attackers solely as ‘bandits’ or ‘gunmen,’ without giving any hint of their ideology or goals. This removes the jihad in Nigeria, which is advancing aggressively, from the international consciousness, and allows it to continue unimpeded without fear of any international pressure to protect the victims.”

Between mid-May and June 8 in Nigeria, Islamic jihadis “murdered more than 300 Christians, including two pastors, and destroyed 28 churches…[they] also displaced 30,000 Christians and destroyed 2,000 homes in recent attacks, according to local sources.” And that’s just in Plateau state. As the story below makes clear, Benue state is also hard-hit.

From Morning Star News:

“Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (July 16) killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said…Nigeria led the world in Christians killed for their faith in 2022, with 5,014, according to Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List (WWL) report. It also led the world in Christians abducted (4,726), sexually assaulted or harassed, forcibly married or physically or mentally abused, and it had the most homes and businesses attacked for faith-based reasons. As in the previous year, Nigeria had the second most church attacks and internally displaced people.”

The murdered Christians were all Catholics or members of the Universal Reformed Christian Church (NKST).

A new report estimates 80,000 people displaced in central Nigeria.

Christians from around the world should be spreading word of the Nigerian genocide and seeking aid for those displaced by jihad violence. Sadly, right now, the global silence on this tragedy is deafening.