Hawzah News Agency- If the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians'', Washington would immediately cut all aid and assistance to the West African country, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, threatening that the US could go into “that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing.'”
In response to Trump's claims, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wrote on the US social media company X’s platform that he ignored the Nigerian government’s “consistent and sincere” efforts to protect freedom of religion and the beliefs of all Nigerians.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is home to around 220 million people and two major religions: Christianity and Islam.
The country’s population is roughly evenly split between Muslims and Christians, with about 50% identifying as Muslims, 45% as Christians, and the remainder adhering to traditional beliefs.
Muslims are primarily concentrated in the northern regions, while Christians are mostly found in the south and central parts of the country.
Reverend Yohanna Buru, a Kaduna-based cleric, told Anadolu that the attacks in the country are not religion-based.
“This issue is particularly severe in the northwest and north-central regions, but no group is specifically targeted on religious or ethnic grounds'', Buru said.
Highlighting that it would be wrong to claim terrorists specifically set out to kill Christians, he said: “Everyone is being killed by these terrorist groups, and it’s still happening''.
'‘Not an interfaith issue but one of governance, inequality, resource distribution''.
Nigerian political scientist Abdullahi Musa explained that although Christians are targeted, Muslims bear the brunt of Boko Haram’s attacks in the same areas.
Source: Anadolu Agency
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