Jihad In Nigeria

Fulani tribesmen, Nigerian Muslim herdsmen, entered a Catholic church in the town of Owo and slaughtered at least 50 Christians as they celebrated Pentecost last Sunday.

Nigeria used to be a majority Christian nation. Now, it’s equally divided between Christians and Muslims, and it’s home to radical Islamist groups like Boko Haram.

There is an ongoing jihad being waged by Muslims against the Christians of Nigeria. Nigeria’s president is a Muslim and member of the Fulani tribe. He has done nothing to stop the violence. 

During my time as a Trump-appointee to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, I argued vehemently that this genocide needed to be called what it is, and we needed to be clear that it was driven by radical Islamists. 

I had to constantly fight the bureaucrats on the staff, who insisted that it was only a dispute between farmers and herdsmen, which is utterly absurd.

But this is not just a failure of Washington bureaucrats. The American media doesn’t care about black lives or Christian lives in the heart of Africa. Someone spreading bacon on a Minneapolis mosque would get more press coverage than 50 dead Nigerian Christians. 

Biden’s State Department and his White House are silent. They can’t say anything because the Biden Administration removed Nigeria from the list of religious liberty violators.

While Christians were being gunned down in Nigeria, the LGBTQ movement had a gay pride parade in Italy that featured an image of Mary, the mother of Jesus, topless. 

Here in the U.S., where churches are being attacked over abortion, too many pastors and church leaders have convinced themselves that it is somehow against the faith to be involved in “politics.” They probably won’t wake up until the wolf actually enters the sanctuary.

For example, one of the biggest megachurches in America is led by Andy Stanley. Sadly, he’s making headlines for complaining that the church is “too involved” in the debate over the direction of our country. I couldn’t disagree more.