Islamophobia?
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christiefan915
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President Trump has not been silent on the killings of Christians in Africa. In fact, recent actions and statements from his administration demonstrate a strong focus on addressing this issue, particularly in Nigeria, where Islamist groups like Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and Fulani militants have been responsible for the majority of global Christian deaths—accounting for nearly 70% of the worldwide total in recent years, with over 3,100 Christians murdered there in 2024 alone.
This violence has escalated across sub-Saharan Africa, affecting countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where 49 Christians were killed in a single church attack in July 2025.
Recent Statements by President Trump
October 31, 2025: President Trump reinstated Nigeria's designation as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act—a status he first imposed in 2020 but which was removed under the Biden administration in 2021. This move signals heightened U.S. scrutiny and potential sanctions. In a Truth Social post, President Trump stated: "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed," and pledged that the U.S. "will not stand by and watch Christians be slaughtered."
November 1-2, 2025: Trump escalated his rhetoric by threatening military intervention if the Nigerian government fails to protect Christians. In a Truth Social post on November 1, he warned: "If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria" and directed the Pentagon to prepare for possible strikes, adding, "Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities."
These steps build on President Trump's first-term record, where he publicly raised concerns during a 2018 meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, stating the U.S. was "deeply concerned by religious violence in Nigeria, including the burning of churches and the killing and persecution of Christians." Advocacy organizations credit his administration with increasing awareness and pressure on perpetrators.
Trump's responses contrast sharply with criticisms of the prior administration for downplaying the issue.
This violence has escalated across sub-Saharan Africa, affecting countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where 49 Christians were killed in a single church attack in July 2025.
Recent Statements by President Trump
October 31, 2025: President Trump reinstated Nigeria's designation as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act—a status he first imposed in 2020 but which was removed under the Biden administration in 2021. This move signals heightened U.S. scrutiny and potential sanctions. In a Truth Social post, President Trump stated: "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed," and pledged that the U.S. "will not stand by and watch Christians be slaughtered."
November 1-2, 2025: Trump escalated his rhetoric by threatening military intervention if the Nigerian government fails to protect Christians. In a Truth Social post on November 1, he warned: "If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria" and directed the Pentagon to prepare for possible strikes, adding, "Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities."
These steps build on President Trump's first-term record, where he publicly raised concerns during a 2018 meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, stating the U.S. was "deeply concerned by religious violence in Nigeria, including the burning of churches and the killing and persecution of Christians." Advocacy organizations credit his administration with increasing awareness and pressure on perpetrators.
Trump's responses contrast sharply with criticisms of the prior administration for downplaying the issue.
christiefan915
Catalyst
You want him to put American troops in Nigeria?
christiefan915
Catalyst
What tangible actions did he take? Talk is cheap.
View: https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1985309481475957199
- The video clip is from a 2018 BBC documentary by Stacey Dooley, featuring an interview with an imprisoned ISIS fighter in Iraq who admits to killing approximately 900 people and raping 50 girls plus over 200 women during the Sinjar offensive against Yazidis and Christians.
- ISIS's Sinjar attack initiated a genocide against the Yazidi minority, with peer-reviewed estimates in PLOS Medicine (2017) indicating 2,100–4,400 deaths and 6,800 abductions, primarily for sexual enslavement, recognized by the UN as systematic crimes against humanity.
- Timed for the start of November's Islamophobia Awareness Month campaign to challenge "anti-Muslim bias". The post employs sarcasm to underscore ISIS atrocities, aiming to differentiate extremist violence from broader Islamic faith.
You could've asked Grok yourself, you know.
During his first term (2017-2021), President Trump authorized a significant escalation in U.S. military operations against Islamist terrorist groups in Africa, particularly those affiliated with al-Shabaab (an al-Qaeda branch in Somalia) and ISIS affiliates like Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISWAP in the Lake Chad region.
This included loosening rules of engagement for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), enabling more aggressive airstrikes and special operations.
Over 185 airstrikes were conducted in Somalia alone between January 2017 and January 2021, targeting al-Shabaab fighters responsible for attacks on civilians, such as the October 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed over 500 people.
These strikes degraded the group's ability to launch large-scale assaults on population centers.
In West Africa, the Trump administration built on U.S. support for the Multinational Joint Task Force (involving Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and others), providing training, intelligence, and equipment that helped reclaim territory from Boko Haram by 2019, reducing civilian casualties in the northeast.
The Trump administration also designated Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism in 2019.
Broader efforts included providing Automated Targeting System-Global (ATS-G) software to over 15 African countries for screening terrorist travelers, cutting off mobility for groups like al-Shabaab that recruit across borders.
The 2018 National Strategy for Counterterrorism explicitly prioritized disrupting radical Islamist networks in Africa through sanctions, intelligence sharing, and cyber operations to counter propaganda that incites civilian attacks.
In his second term, President Trump has restarted and intensified kinetic operations.
On February 1, 2025, he directed AFRICOM to launch coordinated airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains, killing at least 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives, including a senior attack planner linked to plots against civilians in Puntland; these militants had been using cave networks to stage bombings in markets and villages.
This destroyed hideouts without reported civilian harm and signaling a return to offensive posture after a Biden-era slowdown.
Additional strikes in March 2025 killed several ISIS-Somalia militants in Puntland, further eroding their recruitment and attack planning.
By June 2025, AFRICOM had executed at least 43 airstrikes in Somalia; more than double the prior year's total, primarily targeting ISIS-Somalia in Puntland's Cal Miskaat Mountains and al-Shabaab near Kismayo, disrupting their ability to hit coastal towns and refugee camps
On November 2, 2025, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to plan potential U.S. military intervention in Nigeria, including airstrikes or troop deployments, to eradicate Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters amid a resurgence of attacks killing civilians across faiths; he simultaneously halted all U.S. aid to Nigeria pending Nigerian action against the murderers.
This threat, tied to reports of indiscriminate village massacres, aims to force Nigerian cooperation while directly targeting the groups' operational bases in the northeast.
The shots you take frequently are.
The atrocities of Islamic terrorist organisations have reached the stage where I would have no objections to Trump annihilating them completely (and rapidly_ They are, morally-specking, pure evil and IMO are more animal than human being. They are, in any case, "Death Cults," so they would be more than happy to die as "martyrs" for Allah, Right?
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With reference to "The Democratic Republic of Congo", there has been a bloody civil war raging there for 30 years non-stop. Both sides regularly engage in the cannibalism of enemy corpses. They are primitive, brutal, savage animals. Full Stop. Is it Trump/America;'s responsibility to intercede and try to sort this chaos out? I don't really think so. If these people want to shoot and tear each other to shreds -that's their business.
