{"id":36018,"date":"2025-10-10T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=36018"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:51:20","slug":"the-awkward-silence-over-the-slaughter-of-christians-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/the-awkward-silence-over-the-slaughter-of-christians-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"The awkward silence over the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are attacks on Christians in Nigeria on the rise?
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Since 2009, Nigeria has been one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian.<\/p>\n

According to the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety)<\/b><\/a>, over 52,000 Christians have been killed, and 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools destroyed by Islamist extremists.<\/p>\n

Nigeria topped Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List<\/b><\/a> 2024 for the number of Christians killed or abducted for their faith \u2014 3,100 killed and 2,800 kidnapped in one year alone.<\/p>\n

Despite the scale of violence, Western media coverage has been minimal. This silence was challenged when American comedian and talk show host Bill Maher<\/b><\/a> raised the issue on Real Time (HBO) in late September 2025, questioning why Gaza receives extensive media attention while Nigeria\u2019s genocide of Christians is largely ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria,\u201d Mr. Maher said. \u201cThey\u2019ve killed over 100,000 since 2009. They\u2019ve burned 18,000 churches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the comedian is a self-proclaimed apatheist, his blunt comparison awakened a conversation many believers have avoided.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression.<\/b><\/p>\n

When God wants to expose injustice, He sometimes uses unexpected voices. The question is not whether Mr. Maher believes in Christ, but whether the Church still believes in defending its own persecuted members.<\/p>\n

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Massacres that barely make the news<\/h2>\n

In June 2025,<\/b><\/a> gunmen stormed Yelwata in Benue State, central Nigeria, killing more than 100 villagers, most of them Christians. Entire families were burned alive in their homes.<\/p>\n

In April 2025<\/b><\/a>, Zike village in Borno State suffered a similar fate: 40 Christian farmers were murdered by suspected Fulani militants.<\/p>\n

On Christmas Day 2023, over 160 Christians were killed in Plateau State during what was described as a \u201cChristmas massacre\u201d. Churches were razed and pastors beheaded.<\/p>\n

These are not isolated tragedies but part of a pattern \u2014 what many experts, including Intersociety and Open Doors, call a slow genocide of Christians in Nigeria\u2019s \u201cMiddle Belt.<\/p>\n

Revelation 6:9 And I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.<\/b><\/p>\n

Each statistic hides faces, families, and faith that refused to renounce Christ. The blood of these martyrs calls the global Church to remember that Christianity still costs everything in many lands.<\/p>\n