Last month in Nigeria, Christians were confronted with yet another reminder of the ongoing threats they face in their own communities. In August, “more than 70 Nigerian Christians were killed and another 20 Christian medical students were kidnapped in separate violent attacks in the southeastern Nigerian state of Benue.”
Violent Islamists such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) continue to terrorize populations in northern Nigeria.
