‘Why has the pattern of slaughter and anti-Christian terrorism been allowed?’
By Bob Unruh
The Washington Stand, in a new commentary on the slaughter of Christians by Muslims in Nigeria, is asking some pertinent questions about America’s failure to halt the massacre.
“Why has the pattern of slaughter and anti-Christian terrorism been allowed to prosper so long and so extravagantly?”
The questions are being raised by Lela Gilbert, a senior fellow for International Religious Freedom at Family Research Council and Fellow at Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom.
She points out, “Nigeria is Africa’s most populous and prosperous nation. And the U.S. is Nigeria’s key trade and defense partner, with substantial influence over its leadership.”
So why the devastating death toll: 5,068 killed in Nigeria in 2022 for being Christian, 1,041 more in the first 100 days of 2023.
The toll comes from the anti-Christian hate of Islamist groups including Boko-Haram, Fulani radicals, and the Islamic State West Africa Province, the report said.
Recent reports from Intersociety, an organization based in Nigeria that reports on Islamist violence, confirmed the new statistics, including that “since the 2009 Islamic uprising, 52,250 Christians and 34,000 moderate Muslims have been butchered or hacked to death. And since 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari’s radical Islamism has arguably led to the killing of 30,250 Christians and to attacks on 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools.”