The BBC has today published an article which questions the claim made by Donald Trump that Christians in Nigeria are facing a wave of violent persecution. The BBC is not simply misguided: it is a regrettable example of how the Corporation fails to act as a neutral broadcaster in stories that matter to Christians.
Let’s be blunt. Christians in Nigeria are under serious threat. The UK‐based aid group Open Doors UK reports that more Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world. Its partner resources testify to displaced Christian families living in makeshift camps, traumatised after attacks by militants.
The charity, Release International, confirms Nigeria is “tipping into a spiral of violence” against Christian communities. And another organisation, Barnabas Aid, notes the crisis of displacement, loss of livelihoods and churches destroyed in what it terms part of the “anti‐Christian” wave in the West African country.
