Trump: The Beloved Father of Nigerian Christians

 

In this introductory paragraph, it may be valid to assert that Trump is the beloved father of Nigerian Christians, on the grounds that a father can do whatever he sees possible (and sometimes right) to save his beloved offspring—just as Trump claimed to do for Christians in Nigeria.

The motive behind this piece of writing is that I have read a number of posts on Facebook about the so-called “Christian genocide” in Nigeria, and the comments beneath these posts—both from those trying to validate the information and those trying to invalidate it. What I observed from these posts, particularly in the comments, is that many Nigerian Christians are ill-informed, especially those living far away from the North. I can deduce from some of them (the Christians) that they are happy and want to precipitate the attack Mr. Trump threatened to carry out to “save” Christians from extremists/Islamists killing them, as he claimed. Here, I can extract two things that should be mentioned below. 👇

1. The Christians who want to galvanize the action Trump threatened to take do not want it because Nigeria will have rest from terrorists. They want it because the terrorists were misunderstood as only Muslims.

2. Some of the Christians making commentary to validate the accusation of genocide are doing so thinking that Trump will wipe out Muslims—not just terrorists—from Nigeria.

The above two instances may need to be proved. Whoever wants to assert my claim should read the following persons on Facebook:

Muhammad Mahmud is known for posting on Facebook exposing terrorists, whether Christian or Muslim. Under the comment section of many of his posts, you may find Christians insulting him unjustifiably.

Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde wrote a long essay on Facebook criticizing the legal brief of Prof. Amputant, who is considered the inventor of the narration. In his writing, Tilde provided evidence that if there is anything like genocide in Nigeria, it should be regarded as “Muslim genocide,” not Christian genocide. Even with all the evidence he provided, some “turned a blind eye to it” and insulted him.

Prof. Abdulgafar Amoka, though he did not absolutely invalidate the narration, simply asked for a balanced narration metaphorically. He even showed interest in the attack Mr. Trump threatened to carry out if it were truly to eliminate terrorism or to galvanize the Nigerian government to provide better security solutions. Despite this, he is not exempted. I even read a comment from a Christian under his post stating that Trump is coming and that those who “hate peace” are shouting, or something similar—indirectly accusing the Professor of being part of those supporting the so-called Christian genocide. The Professor replied, “make him come past.”

There are others, apart from the aforementioned individuals, whose posts could further confirm my claim. Eventually, what I want our Christian friends to know is that every good, practicing Muslim may not engage in deadly activities except when necessary, because Islam strongly cautions against that. However, he may not be afraid of death. For Muslims, death is not the end; we firmly believe this world is transient and the hereafter is eternal.

Surprisingly, I once heard Trump stating that “terrorism has no religion.”