Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look, and an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

In a speech before the UN General Assembly on September 23rd, President Trump said to world leaders,

quote, let us protect religious liberty, including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today,

it's called Christianity. Well, just like the one persecuted religion on the planet today, it's called Christianity.

Well, just like the one in seven Christians around the world who face severe persecution today,

this part of Trump's speech was also largely ignored by mainstream news outlets.

That's now to be expected.

The West has largely turned away from one of the most significant human rights crises of the day,

prioritizing others instead.

Christian persecution is intensifying, especially in places like Nigeria and other countries in Africa.

For the last decade or more, almost like clockwork,

Muslim extremists in Nigeria

have attacked Christians who are attending church, every Christmas, every Easter. In more recent

years, those attacks spread to other days and other places. This year, the slaughter of Nigerian

Christians has hit an unprecedented level. On June 13th, at least 200

Christians were killed in a single day in the village of Yawata before their homes were then

burned. And according to a Newsweek report, over 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria

during the first 220 days of 2025. That's an average of 35 Christians killed each and every day.

Reacting to these horrific killings, Dr. Anthony Bradley posted on X, quote,

Where is the Free Nigeria Campaign?

And why are the free Palestine protesters also not passionately protesting Muslims in Nigeria. It's a great question. Even a vowed

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