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Caskets of victims killed by Islamists in Bindi, Nigeria. (Christian Solidarity International (CSI))

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Oct 29, 2025

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

 

“Nigeria is the most deadly place in the world to be a Christian,” says Jeff King, the president of International Christian Concern (ICC), a group that tracks religious-freedom violations. According to ICC, at least 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since the start of the 21st century.

Robert Royal, the author of The Martyrs of the New Millenium, provides equally stunning figures: “from 2019 to 2023, 33,000 Christians of various denominations and several thousand moderate Muslims were killed by Islamic extremists…”

”It is genocide,” laments Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi. “They want to Islamize the country.” He describes Catholicism in Nigeria as “a Church under Islamic extermination.” From across the border in Benin, Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni of N’Dali reports: “Nigerian jihadists have long been spreading terror in our diocese.” ….

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