President Trump has taken action on the massacre of Christians in Nigeria, moving to designate the West African country as a “country of particular concern.”
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’ — But that is the least of it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done! I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter, and report back to me.”
He declared that the United States “cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!”
A letter signed by religious freedom groups and a former member of Congress urged the Trump administration to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), as President Trump did during his first presidential term.
According to the letter, dated October 15, the Nigerian government is “directly violating religious freedom by enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty and harsh prison sentences against citizens of various religions. It also demonstrably tolerates relentless aggression uniquely against Christian farming families by militant Fulani Muslim herders, who appear intent on forcibly Islamizing the Middle Belt.”
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has also sounded the alarm on the mass persecution of Christians, saying that more than 50,000 Christians have been killed since 2009.
