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Fulani herdsmen on Thursday killed two Christians in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state and two others in Plateau state following the slaughter of 11 Christians in the latter earlier in the week.
On this episode of "The Inside Story," Billy Hallowell sits down with The Christian Post’s Ryan Foley to unpack the growing crisis of Christian persecution around the world and takeaways from last week's Conservative Political Action Conference summit on Christian Persecution at the Kennedy Center.
Lanre Williams-Ayedun, who works for U.S.-based Christian humanitarian nonprofit World Relief, urged Americans to remember the plight of Christians in Nigeria, where tens of thousands have been slaughtered for their faith in the past decade amid escalating persecution.
The redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern is a step in the right direction.
Rapper Nicki Minaj recently spoke out against violence against Christians in Nigeria and praised President Donald Trump after he threatened possible military action over what he called the "slaughter" of religious minorities.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Christians are facing an "existential" threat in Nigeria and vowed to have the U.S. State Department place the country on its list of Countries of Particular Concern, something Christian advocates have been urging for years.
The Nigerian government is facing renewed allegations of complicity in the Christian persecution plaguing its country amid the Nigerian army’s publication of a social media post dismissing warnings about an impending attack.
