“militants killed 3,490 Christians in the country, accounting for seventy-two percent of the total number of people killed for their faith worldwide

“Christian women in some parts of Nigeria conceal their religious identity or wear the hijab for the sake of protecting their own lives and gaining social acceptance

“Christians are uniquely vulnerable because, unlike other religious minorities, their existence was never acknowledged by any of the Western-backed governments that existed between the Taliban being ousted in 2001 and their return in 2021

“Human rights advocates reported a twofold increase in acts of vandalism against Christian churches and other religious sites across Europe in July 2026.