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In recent days, Nigeria's religious freedom crisis has entered the spotlight through contrasting narratives. A senior Nigerian government advisor told Al Jazeera there is no Christian genocide in the country, dismissing deaths and displacement as merely “ethnic and resource-based conflicts.” Meanwhile, President Trump not only designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” for religious freedom violations but later threatened military intervention if the persecution continues.

The greatest risk in these conversations is that we get caught up in debates that can ultimately harm the Nigerian Christians we're called to serve, if we allow them to give us permission to look away. Because the documented reality on the ground is awful: real people are suffering real violence

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