The persecution of Christians in Nigeria has reached genocidal levels, yet much of the world continues to look away.

For more than a decade, jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and other radical Islamist branches have waged relentless campaigns against Christians in Africa: burning villages, destroying tens of thousands of churches, and wiping out entire communities with senseless violence.

The most recent attack came in early September, when Boko Haram militants killed more than 60 people in the village of Darul Jamal, located in Nigeria’s northeast Borno State. According to BBC News, Boko Haram terrorists stormed the village overnight, torching homes and buses while massacring reconstruction workers and killing at least five Nigerian soldiers.

The Nigerian Air Force responded with airstrikes that reportedly killed 30 Boko Haram terrorists, but officials admitted the country’s forces remain stretched too thin. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum warned that the “numerical strength of the Nigerian army is not enough to contain the situation.”

Since 2009, more than 100,000 Christians have been killed, and at least 18,000 churches destroyed. This statistic was brought up by Bill Maher during a taping of his “Real Time” show earlier this month alongside U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).

“This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza,” Maher said. “They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country…Where are the kids protesting this?”

This year marks more than a decade since the infamous Boko Haram kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in April of 2014, many of them Christians. According to Amnesty International, 82 girls still remain missing.

Others who escaped, or were “released,” were allegedly later forced to “marry” Boko Haram fighters under corrupt government “reintegration” programs. Amnesty has documented at least 1,700 schoolchildren abducted in mass raids since 2014, with many subjected to abuse and sexual violence, let alone murder. Parents in Chibok still hesitate to send their children to school, fearful that history will someday repeat itself.

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Despite the continued mass killings of Christians in Nigeria, many media outlets seem to remain mute.

Religious Freedom Institute President David Trimble recently told the Catholic News Agency that Nigeria is “the most dangerous place in the world to be a follower of Jesus,” but very few government administrations across the world have addressed the crisis.

However, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently spoke out on the mass murders via social media, saying, “Christians are being slaughtered by the thousands. The world must awaken to this crisis.”

Abbott’s comment was a response to a post from Broadcaster Will Cain asking why the American media ignores what former Ambassador for Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback called a “growing” and “spreading” wave of terrorism in Nigeria.

Elon Musk has criticized the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) multiple times on X for labeling conservative Christian organizations as “extremist.”

“The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk posted on September 28.

 

Believers are literally carrying the cross: losing homes, families, and their lives for Christ. As even Bill Maher pointed out, ignoring genocide is no longer an option.