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Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:44pm On May 04, 2018
President Trump Rebukes Attacks on Christians in Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action
11:00AM EDT 5/2/2018 JESSILYN JUSTICE

President Donald Trump rebuked the recent spree of attacks against Nigerian Christians in his meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

"Finally, we're deeply concerned by religious violence in Nigeria, including the burning of churches, and the killing and persecution of Christians," Trump told Buhari. "It's a horrible story. We encourage Nigeria and the federal, state, and local leaders to do everything in their power to immediately secure the affected communities and to protect innocent civilians of all faiths, including Muslims and including Christians."

Radical Islamic groups including Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen have ransacked the country in a religious cleansing of sorts.

The Herdsmen stormed a church last week, murdering 19 men and women—including two priests.

"The violence perpetrated by militant elements of the Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria is chilling—in the last year, 50 Christian villages have been destroyed and thousands have been killed. As the leader of Nigeria and a Fulani himself, President Buhari is strategically placed to bring an end to this violence," writes Zoe Smith, Open Doors' head of advocacy. "Open Doors is joining with others around the world, calling on President Trump to raise this as a matter of urgency with President Buhari in their conversations on Monday."

Cultural commentator and author Michael Brown previously called out the American church's apathy to the Nigerian crisis:

Thousands of Christians are being butchered in Nigeria and whole villages being destroyed. Why are we so unconcerned? Why don't we care? I believe the biggest reason is that we simply don't know about what's happening there. Well, now you know. Here are the facts.

For the last several months, one of my good friends, a Christian missionary serving the poorest of the poor in Nigeria, has been sending me emails with terrifying news. Fulani tribesmen raping and killing villagers. Children being used as Islamic suicide bombers, resulting in scores of casualties. One horrible report after another.

Yet with each email I received, as I scoured the major news agencies in the West, I found nothing reported. Not a word. ...

[A friend] sent me this YouTube link, viewed over 180,000 times at present, in which a Nigerian social commentator who lives in the States blasts the president's alleged inaction (and, worse still, alleged wrong actions).

The video begins with a clip from a pastor, boldly denouncing wickedness in the government and stating plainly that, "The killing, the killing that is going on in Nigeria shows the irresponsibility of the president called Buhari."

And the pastor urged every Nigerian to fight back, not with weapons but by getting their voter's cards, urging the people not to let wicked men in government to decide their fate. Yes, he bellowed, "Enough is enough!"

As a result of his sermon, we are informed that a warrant was issued for his arrest.

And as Christianity continues to spread across the nation at an exponential pace, so also persecution is spreading. As reported by Christian Today in 2016, "Muslims are converting to Christianity in northern Nigeria amid rapidly rising levels of Christian persecution, which has seen more than 10,000 Christians killed in five years, according to a new report released today.

"While much media attention has been focused on Islamic State and the plight of persecuted minorities in the Middle East, 11,500 Christians in northern Nigeria were killed in five years between 2006-2014, and 13,000 churches were destroyed, forcing 1.3 million Christians to flee to safer areas of the country."

As devastating as these statistics are, they are more likely under-reported than over-reported, which again begs the question: Why don't we care? Why aren't we raising our voices? Why aren't we standing with our fellow believers in prayer?

Again, I believe it is largely because of our ignorance.

But if you've read this article, you can't claim ignorance any more. And the first thing you can do to help combat these atrocities is share this article with your friends. Let's get educated, let's get praying, and let's get the word out to the rest of the world until the Nigerian government does what is right – or is replaced by leaders who will.

Nigeria's Buhari addressed the attacks online, but international advocates say he's not doing enough.

"We were encouraged that President Trump talked specifically and publicly about persecution of Christians in Nigeria, but we want to see President Buhari take specific, tangible steps to provide protection for all people in Nigeria, regardless of ethno-religious affiliation," says David Curry, CEO of Open Doors. "As trade-related conversations between the two countries progress, we hope the pursuit of religious freedom will not fall by the wayside."

After the church ambush, Buhari tweeted, "This latest assault on innocent persons is particularly despicable. Violating a place of worship, killing priests and worshippers is not only vile, evil and satanic, it is clearly calculated to stoke up religious conflict and plunge our communities into endless bloodletting."

In his meeting with Trump this week, Buhari did not specifically pledge to protect Christians, but he did acknowledge a growing need for peace.

"We are doing all we can to secure the release of the remaining abducted schoolgirls from Dapchi and Chibok. In this context, we will continue to welcome United States collaboration in intelligence gathering, hostage negotiations and information sharing. The government is taking necessary steps to promote the peaceful coexistence of herdsmen and farmers by focusing on boosting security and enforcing legislation that will guarantee borders and farmers' access to land," Buhari said.

https://www.charismanews.com/politics/70869-president-trump-rebukes-attacks-on-christians-in-nigeria-demands-buhari-take-action
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 1:22pm On May 04, 2018
OLAADEGBU:
Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians in Nigeria, Demands Buhari take Action

https://www.charismanews.com/politics/70869-president-trump-rebukes-attacks-on-christians-in-nigeria-demands-buhari-take-action
Hey Mr Charlatan, the wall is closing down on a vile and despicable pathological lying Trump who lied that he didn't know anything about his lawyer Micheal Cohen paying $130.000 to Stormy but he now confirmed he knew about it and paid Cohen back. Is that Jesus like to you ?. The worst American president so far and majority of us Americans will be happy to see him out of that office. A disgrace to all fair and well meaning Americans.

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:55pm On May 04, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Hey Mr Charlatan, the wall is closing down on a vile and despicable pathological lying Trump who lied that he didn't know anything about his lawyer Micheal Cohen paying $130.000 to Stormy but he now confirmed he knew about it and paid Cohen back. Is that Jesus like to you ?. The worst American president so far and majority of us Americans will be happy to see him out of that office. A disgrace to all fair and well meaning Americans.

Coming from the very fake news! cheesy

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 7:40pm On May 04, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


Coming from the very fake news! cheesy
The middle name of the racist pig you worship is Fake.

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 2:12am On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


The middle name of the racist pig you worship is Fake.

Trump dared to tread where others dread. cool

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 3:33pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


Trump dared to tread where others dread. cool
He sure thread with the Klu Klux Klans, the Nazis and the racist elements that other presidents before him wouldn't care for . A white nationalist leading a diverse country. I guess that makes a village Uncle Tom like you happy. Go worship the racist pig you love more than your own people.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:46pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


He sure thread with the Klu Klux Klans, the Nazis and the racist elements that other presidents before him wouldn't care for . A white nationalist leading a diverse country. I guess that makes a village Uncle Tom like you happy. Go worship the racist pig you love more than your own people.

Fake news reporter. Get your facts right, it is the Democrats that are the founders of the KKK movement that you support.

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 3:58pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


Trump dared to tread where others dread. cool
He sure thread with the Klu Klux Plans, the Nazis and the racist elements that other presidents before him wouldn't care for . A white nationalist leading a diverse country. I guess that makes a village Uncle Tom like you happy. Go worship the racist pig you love more than your own people.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:01pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


He sure thread with the Klu Klux Plans, the Nazis and the racist elements that other presidents before him wouldn't care for . A white nationalist leading a diverse country. I guess that makes a village Uncle Tom like you happy. Go worship the racist pig you love more than your own people.

How many times should Trump disavow the KKK before you believe him? undecided

Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 4:04pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


Fake news reporter. Get your facts right, it is the Democrats that are the founders of the KKK movement that you support.
Deadbrain, obviously you don't know squat about America except the garbage you read from right wing hate blogs. The likes of David Duke, Richard Spencer, Congressman Steve King of Iowa, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and so many are card carrying members of the Republikkan Party but a village idiooooot like you who have no ball in the game is just regurgitating the b.s. from the Klan nation. Your olosho paying president will leave that exalted Oval Office in disgrace courtesy of Americans and there is nothing an a*s licker like you can do several thousands miles away.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Truckpusher(m): 4:15pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:
Deadbrain, obviously you don't know squat about America except the garbage you read from right wing hate blogs. The likes of David Duke, Richard Spencer, Congressman Steve King of Iowa, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and so many are card carrying members of the Republikkan Party but a village idiooooot like you who have no ball in the game is just regurgitating the b.s. from the Klan nation. Your olosho paying president will leave that exalted Oval Office in disgrace courtesy of Americans and there is nothing an a*s licker like you can do several thousands miles away.
I've seen the convo between this dude and yourself and all he does is to make his points while you resort to insult and fuming like an old ho. grin

Can't you just state your facts without resorting to e-bullying ?

Bullying people during arguments is a clear sign of accepting defeat and clearly shows the other party has a superior argument. tongue

Comman beat me I'm in my office. grin grin

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:52pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Deadbrain, obviously you don't know squat about America except the garbage you read from right wing hate blogs. The likes of David Duke, Richard Spencer, Congressman Steve King of Iowa, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and so many are card carrying members of the Republikkan Party but a village idiooooot like you who have no ball in the game is just regurgitating the b.s. from the Klan nation. Your olosho paying president will leave that exalted Oval Office in disgrace courtesy of Americans and there is nothing an a*s licker like you can do several thousands miles away.

Let me give you some history lessons since you liberals only know about insults and ridicule as a way of getting your points across. cool

Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 5:28pm On May 07, 2018
Truckpusher:
I've seen the convo between this dude and yourself and all he does is to make his points while you resort to insult and fuming like an old ho. grin

Can't you just state your facts without resorting to e-bullying ?

Bullying people during arguments is a clear sign of accepting defeat and clearly shows the other party has a superior argument. tongue

Comman beat me I'm in my office. grin grin
Trucky, who bullies more than you ?. I follow you the same way you followed me and I have seen you bullying people left and right. So your points are null and void as far as i am concerned. What points do I need to proof to a guy who follow the script of Nazi flame throwers. I have seen the damages of White Segregationist in America and I am talking from experience and I not gonna let some guy thousands of miles away to lecture me about the happenings and the damage being done by a worthlessly racist president of a diverse country.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 5:33pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


Let me give you some history lessons since you liberals only know about insults and ridicule as a way of getting your points across. cool
Those Democrats of the South in the early 1900s were Southern Democrats and later became the Dixiecrats that turned into modern republicans. I have one in Illinois now in my neighboring confessional district running for House of Representatives as a Republikkan who is an avowed Klansman. Those are you new Repubikkans not the Republican founder Abraham Lincoln whom we adored here and that's why my home State (Illinois) is known as the Land of Lincoln. FYI, The present republicans think of you as subhuman.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:43pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Those Democrats of the South in the early 1900s were Southern Democrats and later became the Dixiecrats that turned into modern republicans. I have one in Illinois now in my neighboring confessional district running for House of Representatives as a Republikkan who is an avowed Klansman. Those are you new Repubikkans not the Republican founder Abraham Lincoln whom we adored here and that's why my home State (Illinois) is known as the Land of Lincoln. FYI, The present republicans think of you as subhuman.

You can tell that story to the flies. I go by factual records and not by stories by the moonlight that you've been brainwashed with. tongue

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 5:50pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


You can tell that story to the flies. I go by factual records and not by stories by the moonlight that you've been brainwashed with. tongue
Like I said, following the right wing minorities hating is your call in life. The bottom line is that the pig you worship doesn't care for people that looks like you and if you don't believe me, go and ask Omarrossa who worked with the pig in the WH.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:05pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Like I said, following the right wing minorities hating is your call in life. The bottom line is that the pig you worship doesn't care for people that looks like you and if you don't believe me, go and ask Omarrossa who worked with the pig in the WH.

If what you are insinuating is the truth why did the black community award Donald Trump with a Prize for his work in the black community for 40 years before he threw his hat in the political ring?

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Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 6:22pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


If what you are insinuating is the truth why did the black community award Donald Trump with a Prize for his work in the black community for 40 years before he threw his hat in the political ring?
Yea like hailing the racists in Charlottesville by calling them good people while deriding the black NFL players as SOB. Go ask the Central Park Five guys if he's not racist. Go ask the people that he blacklisted from renting his apartments in Queens. Keep kissing his rear and I am sure your lips are all Orange by now.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:38pm On May 07, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Yea like hailing the racists in Charlottesville by calling them good people while deriding the black NFL players as SOB. Go ask the Central Park Five guys if he's not racist. Go ask the people that he blacklisted from renting his apartments in Queens. Keep kissing his rear and I am sure your lips are all Orange by now.

If that was true why did the black community hail him and gave him an award for his service to the black community?

Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 7:33pm On May 07, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


If that was true why did the black community hail him and gave him an award for his service to the black community?
Three people in your old pictures represents the black community of over 40 million people. You are a special breed of Uncle Tomism.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by habisolah: 5:01pm On May 08, 2018
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:37pm On May 09, 2018
Lucasbalo:


Three people in your old pictures represents the black community of over 40 million people. You are a special breed of Uncle Tomism.

The guys in the pix represent a large number in the black community.

Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by Lucasbalo(m): 9:46pm On May 09, 2018
OLAADEGBU:


The guys in the pix represent a large number in the black community.
You can't whitewash it. Trump is a racist pig says over 90% of African Americans which you are not. You are just a overlapping lapdog.
Re: Trump Rebukes Attacks On Christians In Nigeria, Demands Buhari Take Action by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:13pm On May 09, 2018
Lucasbalo:


You can't whitewash it. Trump is a racist pig says over 90% of African Americans which you are not. You are just a overlapping lapdog.

You need to get out of that plantation and start dealing with facts. cool

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