Nigeria has become one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. Human rights groups estimate more than 52,000 Christians have been killed in the country since 2009. This year alone, more than 7,000 have already been murdered and thousands more kidnapped. Advocacy groups say more than 19,000 churches have been destroyed and millions of believers displaced from their homes.
Despite the scale of the crisis, it has drawn little global attention. On a recent episode of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher highlighted the lack of coverage. “If you don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria, your media sources suck,” he said. “You are in a bubble. They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country. Where are the kids protesting this?”
The attacks are concentrated in Nigeria’s Middle Belt and northern states, where armed groups storm villages, kill men, abduct women and children, torch crops and burn churches. Islamist extremists such as Boko Haram and ISIS affiliates are responsible for many raids. Militant Fulani herdsmen have also been linked to assaults on predominantly Christian farming communities, forcing families from their land. READ MORE...
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