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THE umbrella body of the Nigerian Muslim community, Jama’atuNasril Islam, (JNI), has faulted Nigeria’s inclusion among the top 10 countries in the world where Christians are persecuted because of their faith.

The 2021 annual report of a United States-based Christian persecution monitoring group, Open Doors, ranked Nigeria as Number nine on a World Watch List comprising 50 countries where it is ‘most dangerous’ to be a Christian.

The report said more than 2,200 out of 4,761 Christians killed for reasons relating to their faith around the world in 2020 were murdered in Nigeria.

While the JNI objected to the report, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) endorsed the findings made by the US organisation.

CAN said the report was an ‘obvious’ fact that cannot be disputed.

Representatives of the JNI and CAN reacted to the development in separate interviews with The ICIR.

Nigeria ranked alongside North Korea, Afghanistan, others as top 10 Christian-persecuting countries
Open Doors, which had monitored Christian persecution worldwide since 1992, ‎ranked North Korea as Number 1 in the watch list. North Korea has consistently ranked Number 1 for 20 years, since Open Doors started publishing the watch list in 2002.

Communist and post-communist oppression were cited as the sources of persecution for Christians in North Korea.

Other countries in the top 10, listed in order of ranking, are Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria and India.

*Report says Nigerian Christians face ‘Islamic oppression’

‘Islamic oppression’ was the source of Christian persecution in Nigeria, according to the report, which also observed that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari appoints Muslims to ‘key’ government positions.

The Open Doors report, which was the subject of featured reports by the Voice of America, The Christian Post and Christianity Today, noted that violence against Christians in Nigeria accounted for a large proportion of the 60 percent increase in the number of Christians killed worldwide in 2020.

In a profile on Nigeria, Open Doors stated that “More Christians are murdered for their faith in Nigeria than in any other country”, and specifically identi‎fied violent attacks by Boko Haram, Hausa-Fulani Muslim militant herdsmen, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an affiliate of the Islamic State group, and other Islamic extremist groups in the North and Middle Belt as common examples of Christian persecution.

It also noted that the attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria are spreading ‘farther South’.

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/jni-disagrees-with-can-as-us-group-ranks-nigeria-among-top-10-christian-persecuting-countries/

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