"United States President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be placed on a watchlist for religious freedom, based on vague claims that Christians in the country are being slaughtered by Muslims. In a social media post on Friday, Trump explained that the African nation would be added to a Department of State list of Countries of Particular Concern. list of 3 itemsend of list Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria, Trump wrote. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN'."
"The 1998 International Religious Freedom Act created the category of country of particular concern in order to help monitor religious persecution and advocate for its end. But that label is usually assigned at the recommendation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom a bipartisan group established by Congress and specialists in the State Department. In Friday's post, Trump explained that he had asked the House Appropriations Committee and two congressmen, Representatives Riley Moore and Tom Cole, to immediately look into this matter."
United States President Donald Trump announced that Nigeria will be added to the Department of State list of Countries of Particular Concern for religious freedom, citing claims that Christians are being slaughtered by Muslims. Trump characterized Christianity as facing an existential threat in Nigeria and blamed radical Islamists for thousands of deaths. The Nigerian government has denied such allegations. Critics warn that the designation could open the door to future sanctions and note that normal procedures involving the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and State Department specialists were bypassed. Experts say the violence in Nigeria is complex and not solely religious.
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