Nigeria: Muslims murder seven Christians,
including a 12-year-old boy
Good thing Trump threatened the Nigerian jihadis, eh? They’re obviously terrified of his wrath, and surrendering in droves!
Christians Killed in NW Nigeria, Homes Burned in Northeast
Morning Star News, November 11, 2025:
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Seven Christians, including a 12-year-old boy, were mourned on Saturday (Nov. 8) after they were killed in an attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria, the same day Islamic extremists burned homes and a church building in Borno state.
At a funeral in Damakasuwa town, Kauru County in northwest Nigeria’s southern Kaduna state, hundreds of people including many from outside the area attended the service for the Christians slain on Oct. 31 by Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists, residents said.
“We have laid to rest seven of our beloved Christians who were killed by terrorists and Fulani herdsmen,” area resident Daniel Dodo told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “The funeral is a ceremony of tears being shed by Christians in the midst of deliberate violence against us because of our Christian faith.”
The funeral was held for Yohanna Adamu, 46; Bala Bude Chawai, 57; Yakubu Bala, 50; Abubakar Ya’u, 30; Ishaya Dauda, 56; Monday Nveneh, 46; and Savior Emmanuel, 12….
Numbering in the millions across Nigeria and the Sahel, predominantly Muslim Fulani comprise hundreds of clans of many different lineages who do not hold extremist views, but some Fulani do adhere to radical Islamist ideology, the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG) noted in a 2020 report.
“They adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and ISWAP and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity,” the APPG report states….
Nigeria: Muslims burn down church, homes of Christians, other Christian-owned property
“The measure of anti-Christian violence in the country is already at the maximum possible under World Watch List methodology.”
They’re going to have to adjust their methodology.
Christians Killed in NW Nigeria, Homes Burned in Northeast
Morning Star News, November 11, 2025:
…Also on Saturday (Nov. 8), militants from Islamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked a Christian community in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, burning down a church building, houses and other Christian-owned property in the Chibok area, sources said.
Residents said a Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) building was gutted by fire.
“Pemi community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno state is currently under attack by Boko Haram terrorists,” resident Andrew Yohanna told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News over the weekend. “We need your prayers.”
Resident Peter Maina said the arson attack also claimed the EYN pastor’s house.
Josiah Ayuba Ponna, another resident, said area Christians were shocked and outraged by the Boko Haram attack on Pemi village in Chibok Local Government Area.
“The destruction of the EYN Church, shops and cars is a painful reminder of the insecurity in our community,” Ponna told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “This is not the first time our church has been attacked, and we’re tired of living in fear. We demand action from our leaders; we need protection, security, and justice. We demand an end to this senseless violence.”
Resident Tabitha Joel pleaded for help from the Nigerian government.
“This violent attack has ravaged the community, leaving a trail of destruction, displacement, and unimaginable suffering,” Joel said. “The attackers not only targeted homes but also set ablaze cars, churches and shops, leaving the community in ruins. The images are heartbreaking, with burnt-out vehicles, destroyed places of worship, and businesses reduced to ashes.”…
Nigeria remained among the most dangerous places on earth for Christians, according to Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. Of the 4,476 Christians killed for their faith worldwide during the reporting period, 3,100 (69 percent) were in Nigeria, according to the WWL.
“The measure of anti-Christian violence in the country is already at the maximum possible under World Watch List methodology,” the report stated.
The violence has spread to southern states, and a new jihadist terror group, Lakurawa, has emerged in the northwest, armed with advanced weaponry and a radical Islamist agenda, the WWL noted. Lakurawa is affiliated with the expansionist Al-Qaeda insurgency Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, or JNIM, originating in Mali…
So, who is supplying them with advanced weaponry?
Not just Nigeria: Across Africa, Christians are burned, face forced conversions, murder, beheadings
October 7 was an eye-opener to the West on just how barbaric jihadists are. More recently, public American figures including Donald Trump, Senator Ted Cruz and Bill Maher have highlighted the genocide and displacement of Christians in Nigeria.
The Nigerian government denies all this, saying that what is happening is not Muslim persecution of Christians, but conflicts between Muslim groups. However, when Muslim groups are fighting each other, both sides of the war focus their brutal attacks on Christians, who suffer the worst, from forced conversions to church and village burnings and beheadings.
The Muslim persecution of Christians has been going on for as long as the jihad itself. Not even the Vatican has paid due attention to this. Nor has any other Christian denomination. “Dialogue” has become the golden calf among Christians, requiring silence about their persecution at the hands of the partners in dialogue. There are exceptions, such as Open Doors and similar organizations which are dedicated to raising awareness about the persecution of Christians. Islamic countries have overwhelmingly dominated the Open Doors list of the worst places in the world for Christians.
As the article below points out, although Nigeria has been in the media cycle recently, Muslim persecution of Christians isn’t restricted to Nigeria. It’s happening across Africa, and spreading fast.
The Muslim persecution of Christians is also now spreading into Western countries, given the magnitude of Muslim migration from Africa and the Middle East, and anti-Christian hatred coming primarily from the far left.
by Steven Stalinsky, MEMRI, November 19, 2025:
For the past five years, MEMRI has been monitoring, tracking, researching, and publishing reports and video clips documenting the escalating campaign of violence against Christian communities across Africa, and alerting the Christian world to it – long before this crisis has received wider recognition in policy circles or media. This past month, jihadi groups’ brutal targeting of Christians across the continent has finally drawn attention, including from Senator Ted Cruz and President Trump.
While others have been focusing solely on Gaza, MEMRI has, in addition to our Gaza focus, been monitoring primary-source messaging, recruitment materials, and claims of attacks by jihadi groups operating across Africa – not only in Nigeria, but also across the African Sahel, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – showing that they are explicitly framing Christians as strategic targets in their ideological and military campaigns.
For example, just this week, on November 14 and 15, Islamic State (ISIS) African affiliates in Central Africa (ISCAP), Mozambique (ISMP) and West Africa (ISWAP) took credit, in a post on X, for having killed 33 Christians, including three who were beheaded, and for burning down more than 150 homes and three churches in Mozambique, Nigeria, and the DRC.
Only recently, as casualty numbers rise, mass displacement worsens, and these groups expand into new regions, have governments and global institutions begun to acknowledge the true scale and intent of this threat. As policymakers turn their attention to it, the path forward should emphasize strengthening on-the-ground intelligence sharing, supporting local security forces and community resilience efforts, and prioritizing research that tracks ideological messaging – not just battlefield activity – so that emerging threats can be identified before they escalate further….
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DR Congo: Muslims murder patients in hospital, then set the facility on fire, killing mothers in maternity ward
“The army pursued them, but despite its efforts, the terrorists escaped. They seem to be better armed and equipped than the regular forces.”
We have noted this many times. Who is funding and equipping the jihadis? Why doesn’t anyone try to cut off the sources of funding?
DR Congo: Terrorists kill civilians at Church-run hospital in North Kivu
by Cecilia Seppia, Vatican News, November 16, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A terrorist attack on civilians took place on Friday night in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing around 20 people, many of them sick and confined to hospital beds.
Despite a recent US-mediated agreement between DRC and Rwanda, fighting with the M23 rebel group continues unabated in the eastern provinces, while the central government also faces the growing threat of Islamist terrorism.
At around 10:00 PM local time on Friday, militants from the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces)—aligned with the so-called Islamic State since 2009—entered the town of Byambwe, in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni.
They attacked a diocesan health center run by the Sisters of the Presentation, massacred patients, and then set the entire facility ablaze, killing several women in the maternity ward. Assailants then rampaged through the village before fleeing into the nearby forest.
The attack was confirmed to Vatican News by Fr. Giovanni Piumatti, an Italian priest who has served for over fifty years as a fidei donum missionary in the Congolese Diocese of Butembo-Beni. Although now back in Italy, he continues to follow events closely and remains deeply concerned for the country he long called home.
Systematic massacres“This is a typical ADF attack,” Fr. Piumatti explained. “Fifteen people were killed in the clinic and another five in the surrounding area. They set fire to the entire facility and twenty-seven nearby homes. Before destroying everything, they looted all the medical supplies—I believe that was their main objective. Panic spread everywhere. The army pursued them, but despite its efforts, the terrorists escaped. They seem to be better armed and equipped than the regular forces.”“What is most tragic—beyond the sheer number of innocent victims—is the way they kill,” said Fr. Piumatti. “They slit civilians’ throats, decapitate them—it’s horrific. Here they killed mothers as they were breastfeeding their babies. These massacres are beyond imagination, and they happen almost every week. Many go unreported.”…
