Posted on 11/04/2025 8:49:28 AM PST by aspasia
The State Department on Monday officially updated its designation for Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" for its alleged severe violations of religious freedom and persecution of Christians.
The CPC label is given by the U.S. government to nations "engaged in severe violations of religious freedom" under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ...
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Moore applauded Trump's move over the weekend and said he and House Appropriations Committee chairman Tom Cole, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee would investigate the alleged religious persecution.
In August, GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas introduced a bill calling for sanctions against Nigeria for purported violations of religious freedom and to designate Nigeria as a CPC.
In March 2025, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing to discuss "Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria" and the case for designating Nigeria a CPC.
According to Moore's office, more than 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in 2025 alone -- an average of 35 per day -- with hundreds more kidnapped, tortured, or displaced by extremist groups such as Boko Haram, ISIS West Africa, and the Fulani militants. According to Moore's office, reports indicate that between 50,000 and 100,000 Christians have been killed and more than 19,000 Christian churches have been attacked or destroyed since 2009. Data from Open Doors indicate that more Christians are killed every year in Nigeria than the rest of the world combined.
But those numbers have been widely disputed.
Extremist violence in the country "affects large numbers of Christians and Muslims in several states across Nigeria," the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom found in 2024.
Experts say both Christians and Muslims -- the two main religious groups in the country of more than 230 million people -- have been victims of attacks by radical Islamists.
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also pushed back against Trump's and other lawmakers' claims, writing "The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians."
According to Moore’s office, reports indicate that between 50,000 and 100,000 Christians have been killed and more than 19,000 Christian churches have been attacked or destroyed since 2009. Data from Open Doors indicate that more Christians are killed every year in Nigeria than the rest of the world combined.
This is way overdue... and (among other things) proves how completely useless the UN has become.
Imagine the left of today being apologists for 1975 to 1978 Khmer Rouge regime and basically ignoring their unspeakably horrible excesses.
In reality, Congressman Moore, who raised the plight of the Nigerian Christians back in April 2025, requested Urged Secretary of State to Designate Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” Amid Rampant Christian Persecution in October. NBC also claims that it's not just Christians." Experts and scholars who follow events in Nigeria say Trump’s portrayal of the security situation in the country as a 'Christian genocide' is misleading and oversimplified, as Nigerians of all faiths have suffered at the hands of Islamist extremists and other groups. --
“”Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas introduced a bill calling for sanctions against Nigeria””
IF we could do that with Nigeria, is there a chance the president could make the same threat for Somalia - “Take Omar Ilhan back OR else”....Is there ANYTHING we could sanction them for?
Correct.
DJT should use this as justification for pulling out of the UN, kicking the HQ out of the use, and forming a new bloc of nations for security and economic trade.
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