Over 3,000 Christians are killed in Nigeria every year, NGO estimates.
QUICK FACTS:
- The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) published a new report that estimates around 43,000 Christians have been killed by Nigerian Islamic radicals in the last 12 years, while 18,500 have permanently disappeared and 17,500 churches have been attacked.
- The report breaks down stats regarding Islamic terrorism against Christians.
- 10 million people were “uprooted” (6 million “forced to leave their homes,” 4 million “displaced.”
- 72,000 “defenseless civilians” were killed (at least 43,000 Christians).
- 18,500 Christians were “permanently disappeared.”
- 17,500 churches were attacked.
- 2,000 Christian schools were attacked.
- 700 forests and farmlands were “threatened,…attacked, or occupied.”
“ATROCITIES OF THE JIHADISTS” IN THE PAST 12 YEARS:
- massacres, killings, and beheadings
- mutilations, torture, and maiming
- slitting of throats and wombs
- abductions, disappearances, and hostage-taking
- rape, girl-child defilements, and forced marriages
- forceful conversions
- extortions
- forceful occupation of farmlands
- destruction and forceful harvesting of farm crops
- destruction or burning of homes, worship centers, and learning centers
