US EditionTrump opens the door for sanctions on Nigeria over persecution of Christians
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he is redesignating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern and wrote on Truth Social that `Thousands of Christians are being killed`, asking lawmakers to investigate.
- Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been urging evangelical Christian activists to lobby the U.S. Senate over claims of Christian mass murder and is pressing to label Nigeria for alleged severe religious freedom violations.
- ACLED data shows 20,409 deaths from 11,862 attacks against civilians and 385 targeted attacks on Christians causing 317 deaths between January 2020 and this September, with over 37,000 killed by Islamist groups since 2011.
- Listing Nigeria as a CPC opens the door to U.S. penalties under the International Religious Freedom Act, which may include economic sanctions and bans on non-humanitarian aid but do not automatically impose sanctions.
- Nigeria's government rejects the characterization, saying it denies targeted Christian genocide while analysts note both Muslim and Christian communities suffer amid complex violence, and the US Commission highlights attacks on both groups.
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New York Post
Conservative AngleIslamists are murdering thousands of Christians but lefties focus only on ISRAEL’s supposed ‘sins’
With so much of the legacy media's focus spent on smearing Israel these days, you probably haven’t heard a ton about the ongoing massacres in Nigeria.
Trump claims Christians in Nigeria face ’existential threat’
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Christians in Nigeria face an "existential threat," as right-wing political allies including Senator Ted Cruz push claims of "Christian mass murder" that experts say are false. Narratives of "Christian genocide" and "persecution" in Nigeria have been bubbling up on social media in recent months, finding purchase among the American and European far right. Africa's most populous country is embroiled in nu…
The Epoch Times
The Political InsiderTrump Designates Nigeria ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Over Christian Persecution
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 31 that he would designate Nigeria a “country of particular concern” because of widespread violence toward and murder of Christians there. “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter.” The designation, which comes under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, …
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