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Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced a joint resolution condemning the persecution of Christians in countries where Muslims form the majority. The resolution urges the U.S. government to make religious freedom a central focus of its foreign policy and diplomatic efforts.
Fears of another large-scale attack on Christians are growing in Benue state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen slaughtered up to 200 people in Yelwata village earlier this month, sources said.
Days after a massacre of more than 100 people in a predominantly Christian village in Benue state, Nigeria, the country’s president called for action against the assailants even as a local traditional ruler tried to correct him and others about the nature of such attacks.
Up to 200 Christians were massacred by Islamic extremists in Nigeria's troubled Benue state last Friday evening, according to a Catholic charity reporting that it's the “single worst atrocity” in a region that has become known for communal attacks.
This is a genocide of Christians happening in real time.
A prominent attorney has petitioned Nigeria’s president to declare a military emergency after Fulani herdsmen killed at least 86 people in predominantly Christian areas of Benue state in the past two weeks, including 46 on Sunday, sources said.
One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on May 21 was freed this week, ministry leaders said.
