Christians are dying, too
Fifty people are dead and twenty more injured after terrorist attacks on two New Zealand mosques in Christchurch. There was worldwide outrage. Rightly so!
However, from February through mid-March, as many as 280 people in Christian communities in northern and middle Nigeria were killed in attacks.
Islamic Hausa-Fulani militants and Boko Haram continue to attack Christians in the country — in 2018, there were thousands killed.
Last week, 52 women and children were killed, 12 churches, 100 homes were destroyed in attacks in Nigeria.
Thousands are displaced after so much violence has forced them to flee their homes. People who survived recent attacks have appeared in photos with machete wounds and burns from fires an advocacy group supporting Christians worldwide.
Isn’t the killing of thousands of Christians at least as terrible as the killing of fifty Muslims? If so, why has the news about Christians being martyred not been given the same coverage?
Pastor Terry Hagedorn
Smithfield