Genocide: Thousands of Christians in Nigeria have been slauteredand No Word From The Pope
Thousands of Christians in Nigeria have been slautered. They hate their own race over religion? Where is the freaking POPE? DOES HE EVEN CARE ... Or is just there to HATE TRUMP? 'SOUTHSIDE BOB" ...
Nigeria is the 6th largest country on Earth. It has 25% of the Blacks in Africa. It is rich in minerals and precious metals. Christianity used to be on the rise. Islam was being pushed back. In 2010 things went the other direction and Christians are being slautered and no one is speaking up.
To Hell with the Catholuc Church. The Pope simply went to Africa to make a show.
Nigeria makes more films than Hollywood, and they are the 5th largest oil exporter of oil. The hardline Muslims run the place. When Trump bombed the Hell out of ISIS they ran to Nigeria. Now they have China financing them.
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The Silence Is Deafening: Genocide Against Christians in Nigeria
In any other corner of the world, under any other banner, the systematic slaughter of thousands of people based on their faith would be met with outrage. There would be marches. There would be condemnations from the United Nations. The media would run nonstop coverage, and world leaders would fall over themselves to intervene.
But the victims are Christians. The perpetrators are radical Islamists. And the world including many of the very same voices who claim to champion human rights has remained largely silent.
That silence is a moral catastrophe. And it demands an answer.
A Bloodbath Ignored
Nigeria, the sixth most populous country on Earth, is home to more than 100 million Christians. For years, these believers have faced an escalating campaign of terror. Armed groups including Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, and factions linked to ISIS have murdered tens of thousands of Christians, burned churches, razed entire villages, and kidnapped women and children with impunity.
According to reports from organizations like Open Doors USA and the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, between 2009 and 2020, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Christians were killed in northern and central Nigeria. That is not a few isolated incidents. That is a sustained, targeted slaughter.
When Christians are killed for no other reason than their refusal to renounce Christ, the word for that is not “conflict.” It is not “communal violence.” The word is genocide.
Yet where is the outcry? Where are the celebrity activists who fill their social media feeds with demands for justice everywhere else? Where is the international community that claims to prioritize the protection of religious minorities?
They are nowhere to be found.
The Silence of the Shepherds
Perhaps the most heartbreaking silence comes from the very institutions that should be shouting from the rooftops. Conservative Christians have long looked to Rome as a moral anchor. But the response from Pope Francis and the Catholic Church hierarchy has been, to put it charitably, underwhelming.
Yes, the Pope has visited Africa. He has spoken in general terms about peace and reconciliation. But where are the specific condemnations of the Islamic extremists who openly boast about their massacres of Christians? Where is the excommunication of political leaders who enable the violence? Where is the mobilization of the global Church to demand action?
Instead, much of the Pope’s public energy in recent years has been consumed by Western political grievances including, at times, what appears to be a reflexive opposition to conservative American leaders like Donald Trump. Whatever one thinks of Trump’s personality, his administration aggressively targeted ISIS, including its affiliates in West Africa. Under Trump, the U.S. designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations. The State Department took concrete steps.
Since then, the focus has shifted. And while the world’s attention wandered, the bloodshed in Nigeria continued.
Conservatives see the double standard clearly: The same Vatican officials who eagerly lecture Americans about immigration and climate change have remarkably little to say about the systematic eradication of the faith in one of Africa’s largest nations. That is not moral leadership. That is abdication.
Race, Religion, and the Left’s Blind Spot
One of the most uncomfortable questions the left refuses to answer is this: Why do so many progressive activists who claim to defend Black lives ignore the genocide of Black Christians in Nigeria?
The victims are overwhelmingly Black African Christians. Their killers are also Black African Muslims. If this were a case of white colonizers killing Black Africans, the outrage would be instantaneous and global. But because the oppression comes from within the same racial group and because criticizing Islam is taboo in Western progressive circles the victims are abandoned.
Conservatives are not afraid to name the truth. The hatred driving these massacres is not about race. It is about religion. Radical Islamist ideology teaches that Christians are infidels, that their churches are legitimate targets, and that their land should be cleansed of the cross.
When a Fulani herdsman kills a Christian farmer, it is not a “land dispute.” It is an act of religious persecution, often enabled by local Islamic authorities and tacitly supported by Nigeria’s Muslim-dominated government in the north. The refusal to call this what it is jihadist violence is a form of cowardice.
Strategic Consequences for the West
Nigeria is not some obscure nation of no consequence. It is the 5th largest oil exporter to the United States. It produces more films than Hollywood. It is the economic giant of West Africa. And it is increasingly aligning with hostile powers.
When the Trump administration bombed ISIS into rubble in the Middle East, many of those surviving fighters didn’t disappear. They fled and found a new haven in northern Nigeria. Today, ISIS-West Africa is one of the deadliest jihadist groups on the planet. And they have new patrons.
China has moved aggressively into Nigeria, financing infrastructure projects, supplying weapons, and gaining influence with the same Islamist-leaning government that has done little to stop Christian persecution. While the West wrings its hands, Beijing secures oil deals and military cooperation.
A conservative foreign policy understands this: When we abandon our allies—including religious allies our enemies fill the void. The genocide of Christians in Nigeria is not just a humanitarian tragedy. It is a strategic disaster in the making.
What Must Be Done
Conservatives do not believe in standing by while innocents are murdered. We believe in moral clarity. And the situation in Nigeria demands action.
First, the United States must officially designate the violence against Christians in Nigeria as genocide. That designation is not just symbolic. It triggers legal obligations under international law and unlocks sanctions against perpetrators.
Second, the State Department should reinstate and strengthen the Nigeria Religious Freedom Act, conditioning aid on concrete steps to protect Christian communities. No more blank checks to a government that enables mass murder.
Third, the Biden administration and a future conservative administration must pressure Nigeria’s government to disarm Fulani militias, prosecute religiously motivated killings, and provide security for Christian villages. If they refuse, aid should be redirected to local Christian communities and refugee resettlement.
Fourth, the global Church, including the Vatican, must be called to account. Silence is complicity. Every bishop, every cardinal, and every pope who refuses to name the evil of Islamic extremism in Nigeria shares in the guilt.
Finally, Western media must be shamed into doing its job. Imagine if 80,000 Jews had been killed in a decade. Imagine if 80,000 gay men were murdered. There would be saturation coverage. But 80,000 Black Christians? Crickets. That is a scandal that reveals the moral bankruptcy of the progressive press.
Conclusion
This article was inspired by a frustrated question: “They hate their own race over religion?” Yes. That is exactly what is happening. And the silence of the Pope, the international community, and the mainstream media is a disgrace.
Conservatives do not have the luxury of looking away. We believe in the sanctity of every human life. We believe that religious freedom is the first freedom. And we believe that America as the leader of the free world has a duty to speak for the voiceless.
Thousands of Nigerian Christians have already died. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. And every day the world remains silent, more blood is shed.
Enough.
It is time to call the slaughter what it is: genocide. It is time to name the perpetrators: Islamist extremists. And it is time to act not with empty gestures, but with sanctions, diplomacy, and moral courage.
The Silence That Speaks Volumes
Thousands of Nigerian Christians slaughtered, villages razed, women and children butchered for their faith and still, a deafening quiet from the Holy See. The Pope has been swift to lecture America, criticize border policies, and sound alarms on climate change. Yet when African believers face genocide at the hands of Islamist extremists, the microphone goes dead.
For Catholics like "Southside Bob," this isn't mere frustration it's a crisis of trust. When shepherds speak boldly to political adversaries but whisper about martyred sheep, the flock takes notice. The Chair of Peter must defend the persecuted with the same vigor it reserves for Western politics. Anything less breeds righteous anger.