Father Benedict Kiely - The Global War on Christians: Genocide in Africa, Islamist Attacks, and a New Hope
The Winston Marshall Show
Winston Marshall
4.8 • 663 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Father Benedict Kiely, founder of Nasarean.org and one of the world’s leading voices on the persecution of Christians.
We discuss the genocide unfolding in Nigeria, where thousands of Christians are being murdered each year by Islamist militias while Western governments and media look away. Father Kiely exposes how the massacre of Christians is dismissed as “climate change” violence, a lie repeated by politicians and journalists unwilling to name Islamist extremism.
From ISIS’s resurgence across Africa and the Middle East to the silent persecution of Christians in Iraq under Iranian-backed militias, Kiely lays bare a pattern of denial stretching from Abuja to Washington. He explains how Christianity faces extinction in its ancient homelands, the failure of the West’s moral leadership, and why Europe’s collapse of faith has left it powerless to confront evil.
We also explore stories of hope, the revival of Christianity in post-communist Albania, the endurance of believers speaking Aramaic in Iraq, and why, despite centuries of persecution, faith refuses to die.
All this: Nigeria’s genocide, Islamist expansion, the silence of the West, and the rebirth of Christianity where it was once crushed.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Father Benedict Keeley's Role and Media Coverage
02:54 Genocide in Nigeria and Media Bias
08:41 Islamist Extremism Across Africa
26:42 Situation in Syria and the Role of Al-Qaeda
33:04 Christian Persecution in Sudan
40:08 Christian Persecution in Europe and the Role of the Media
1:04:06 Challenges Faced by Christians in the UK
1:11:59 Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Winston Marshall Show with me, Winston Marshall. |
| 0:03.4 | I sat down with Father Benedict Keeley for a sweeping look at Christian persecution across the world. |
| 0:10.7 | What's going on and unfolding in Nigeria, as well as Sudan, the Middle East, that's Iraq, |
| 0:16.7 | and under the new regime of Jolani in Syria. |
| 0:19.3 | But we also look at Europe, specifically France, and Finland, and of course our own country, Britain, where we are recording. |
| 0:28.9 | All of this and much and much more. |
| 0:31.1 | But before you hear from Father Benedict, I just wanted to say thank you for your support. |
| 0:35.7 | And if you head over to Winston-martial.com.uk, not only will you enjoy ad-free viewing and listening, but you'll |
| 0:42.3 | be able to ask future guests your questions. That's all at winston-martial.com. |
| 0:48.6 | But without further ado, Father Benedict Keely, thank you so much for coming to speak with me. |
| 0:58.1 | You are one of the, if not the world's most outspoken, I guess a journalist, |
| 1:04.9 | but certainly a member of the church speaking about the persecution of Christians around the world and Christians are the most |
| 1:13.8 | persecuted group in the world. 380 million Christians worldwide face higher extreme persecution. |
| 1:22.5 | We see horrific videos coming out of, at the moment, Nigeria, which we're going to look into, |
| 1:31.4 | as some say that 30 Christians are being murdered a day. Nigeria has been in the news because |
| 1:38.6 | of Bill Marla. I'll come back to that. And we're also, I'm going to ask you about the persecution |
| 1:42.9 | of Christians, even here in Europe, not just in the UK, where we've seen various arson attacks on churches. |
| 1:49.3 | But I'm interested to know if you have insight, but the Muslim majority countries in Europe. |
| 1:55.2 | But also, you've been doing a lot of work in the Middle East. |
| 1:58.5 | So actually, perhaps I might start with that. |
| 2:00.4 | You've done a lot of work with the Middle East. So actually, perhaps I might start with that. You've |
| 2:08.9 | done a lot of work with aid, giving aid to persecuted Christians, mostly in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Have I understood that, right? Yes. So now in six countries, actually. But yeah, those are the |
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