Christians are being slaughtered in Africa. And I want to know where the Western world’s outrage is.
In Komanda, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ADF militants attacked a Catholic church gathering in July 2025. People were killed with guns, machetes, and blows to the head. Children were killed and abducted. ISIS claimed responsibility. These people had gathered at their church. Just imagine that.
In Essakane, Burkina Faso, at least 15 people were killed during a Catholic service in February 2024. Islamic State in the Greater Sahara claimed responsibility. Witnesses said Christians had previously been warned to abandon their faith.
In northern Mozambique, Islamists have attacked villages, burned churches, and forced families to flee. Following the attack on Napala in October 2025, Open Doors reported at least 20 Christians killed, two churches destroyed, and around 1,300 homes demolished.
And in Nigeria, Boko Haram has spent years attacking Christian communities, destroying churches, and killing people who refused to convert to Islam. Borno. Yobe. Adamawa. Places where openly professing your faith can cost you your life.
How many more names do we need on that list before we stop treating this as background noise?
And where is the pro-Palestine crowd that’s so vocal about human rights? Where are your marches for the Christians being slaughtered in Africa? Your signs? Your outrage?
Or does your concern for human life depend on who’s doing the killing?
I’m tired of politicians making solemn speeches about religious freedom. I want to hear those same voices, loud and clear, when Christians are murdered for being Christian.
Yes, there have been condemnations. The European Parliament has condemned jihadist attacks on Christians in Congo. But passing a resolution doesn’t mean people are being protected. Where is the sustained attention? The pressure? The demands that aid reach these communities and that the perpetrators be held accountable?
To me, it’s cowardly to talk about human rights if you won’t stand up for them when things get uncomfortable. And it should not be difficult to say out loud that Islamist terror is tearing Christian families and communities apart.
Here in Europe, we like to talk about our Christian heritage. But how much does it actually mean to us when the persecution of Christians elsewhere gets so little attention? Is Christianity just something we bring out at Christmas?
Islamists also murder Muslims who oppose them. That makes confronting them even more necessary. It doesn’t make the persecution of Christians any less real.
And to those of you who call yourselves Christian politicians. I expect more from you. Your faith should show up in more than a Christmas greeting and a church visit when the cameras are rolling.
People are losing their children. Their homes. Their churches. The entire lives they knew.
They deserve for us to keep talking about them. To demand protection, humanitarian aid, and consequences for those who fund and carry out this terror.
I cannot believe this even needs to be said.
But I’ll say it. And I’ll keep saying it.