Bloody Christmas: 200 Christians Massacred in Nigeria

It was not a merry Christmas for Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state, plagued by Islamic jihadi violence.

Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported on Dec. 27 that “198 Christians were killed in a series of terror attacks in 26 Christian communities in Plateau.” The devastating attacks started on the night of December 23, and the slaughter continued through Christmas Day. Bishop Matthew Kukah of Nigeria’s Sokoto diocese reportedly mourned, “Nigerians have almost lost hope” that “a government can really and truly care for them,” or that “our politicians will put our interests first and find a way to deal with the cancer of corruption.”

CNA obtained photos of the Christians being buried in mass graves. It’s a horrifying illustration of just how many people were killed. Why is there no global campaign to aid Nigeria? Where are the international outcries, the statements from the Vatican and other Christian leaders, the mass protests in Western cities? Westerners can protest the fictional “genocide” of Palestinians but not the all-too-real genocide of Nigerians.