A shocking new report has revealed that the genocidal murder of Christians in Nigeria has reached unprecedented levels, with the number now reaching over 7,000 so far this year, more than doubling last year’s total with four months still remaining. Religious freedom advocates are begging the Donald Trump administration to increase pressure on the Nigerian government to protect Christians and other religious minorities from rampaging groups of radical Islamist jihadists.
The report, released by the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety), recorded a total of 7,087 Nigerian Christians killed and another 7,800 abducted between Jan. 1 and Aug 10. The number of murders represents a massive increase compared to last year, when Open Doors reported 3,100 Christians killed and over 2,000 kidnapped.
The brutal violence against Christians and other religious minorities largely began in 2009, when the jihadist group Boko Haram initiated a terror campaign in an effort to establish a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria. Other extremist groups like the Fulani herdsmen and Islamic State West Africa Province have also contributed significantly to the killing. Intersociety estimates that over the last 16 years, 189,000 civilians have been killed, including 125,000 Christians and 60,000 liberal Muslims.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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