What's Really Happening to Christians in Nigeria? with Judd Saul

About this episode

The episode discusses the conflicting reports surrounding Christian persecution in Nigeria and the various perspectives on the issue.

More and more people are talking about Christian persecution in Nigeria, but reports are often conflicting. Some Nigerians--even Nigerian Christians--claim the reports are entirely false. Others claim it's only an ethnic dispute, not a religious one. Some say U.S. leaders are blowing the story out of proportion in order to work our way in and take mineral rights. Still others say it's just a sad story of "bandits" taking advantage of people for financial gain...not anything resembling a Chris...

People in this episode

Host: Natasha Crain

Guest: Judd Saul

Topics covered

• Christian persecution
• Nigeria
• ethnic disputes
• religious conflict
• media reporting
• mineral rights

Keywords

• Christian persecution
• Nigeria
• Judd Saul
• ethnic dispute
• religious conflict
• media
• U.S. leaders

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Nigeria

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