ISIL is targeted by Christians, according to the US president, who claims airstrikes are carried out by the organization.
After his country launched a series of airstrikes against ISIL (ISIS) in northwest Nigeria, the United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remarked, “More to come.”
Hegseth claimed the group’s goal is to stop the killing of “innocent Christians.”
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President Donald Trump issued a warning to the US in November that if the Nigerian government continued to permit what he claimed was the persecution of Christians.
Many claim that Trump’s right-wing Christian supporters in the US pressed him to carry out the recent attacks in Nigeria. What might the country’s highly complex religious makeup be like as a result?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Malik Samuel, Senior researcher at Good Governance Africa
Ebenezer Obadare, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Africa studies
Published On 27 Dec 2025
Source: Aljazeera
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