Nigeria has become the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, yet much of the international community responds with either indifference or outright denial. The facts are not subtle. Last year alone, more than 3,000 Christians were murdered for their faith and nearly as many were kidnapped. Priests are abducted and executed with chilling frequency. Entire villages have been emptied. Churches stand as burned-out shells. And still, the world mutters about “complexity,” as if the bodies of the dead were footnotes in an academic debate.
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Nigeria’s Christians are dying
Despite overwhelming evidence of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, many continue to deny the religious nature of the crisis
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