The continued killing and violence against Christians in Nigeria by various radical Islamic groups is continuing unabated. This writer noted the severe problem in two articles two years ago, as well as the effective denial of a campaign of Islamization as its cause by the State Department. But there does seem to be more attention to it recently, as the continued failure to stop the violence raises the prospect of civil war in that country, and a refugee problem of unprecedented scale from Africa’s most populous nation.
The problem of violence, mainly against Christians, is longstanding, but in terms of massive killing it is basically a twenty-first century problem. The Silent Slaughter, a report by the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) in 2020 provided abundant documentation on the problem as it existed to that point. More recently, the Heritage Foundation recently posted an article outlining the problem, and besides the massive number of people being killed,…
