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Nigeria, a Muslim Catechism and a Boise State Linebacker

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Nigeria is the deadliest place in the world to follow Jesus. Militant Muslims hunt Christians there the way a lion stalks a wounded gazelle. 

According to the Open Doors Watch List, North Korea is the most dangerous place in the world for Christians, but Nigeria is the most deadly. In 2023, nearly 5,000 Christians were killed worldwide (that’s thirteen murdered a day) and 90% of these martyrdoms happened in Nigeria. More Christians are killed in Nigeria than all other nations combined, most often by Islamist jihadist groups like Boko Haram. 

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Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Recently two evangelists in Uganda were left in a pool of blood by Muslims demanding they renounce Christ. Just in 2024 alone, we read in horror of Muslims ambushing Christians in Kenya, murdering evangelists in Uganda and burning homes of recent converts. Some estimate over a million Christians have been martyred in just the first decade of the 21st century. 

As the blood of Christian martyrs paints Africa red, how then can Islam be called a religion of peace? In answering this question, let us consider four aspects of Islam: her followers, her faith, her founder, and her flags.

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Six Lessons I Learned from My Trip to the Darkest Region in Sub-Saharan Africa

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– Paul Schlehlein

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We thank those who prayed for us during our latest missionary survey trip. It was successful in every way, all of this due to God’s grace and the prayers of his saints. Here are six brief lessons I learned. 

God’s People Are Everywhere

They may be few but in some of the smallest, most remote places we met believers and church leaders who bowed the knee only to King Jesus. 

We are tempted to think like Elijah: “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord” (1 Kings 18:22). 

But God has his remnant. We sat down in covert rooms and spoke in hushed voices with believers who were thirsty for God’s Word. Floating in a sea of pagan darkness, they continued to read their Bibles and preach, despite the danger, despite the discouragement. 

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TARIF: The Killing Ground

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The Africa Review in Five highlights African current affairs from a Christian perspective. Listen and subscribe through Youtube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

Today is Tuesday, June 27th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga

The Killing Ground

This Sunday in northwest Nigeria a man was stoned to death by angry Muslims after he supposedly blasphemed the prophet Muhammed. The video shows a large crowd that included children pelting Usman Buda, a butcher, with stones. By the time the police arrived, Buda was unconscious and was later pronounced dead. The guilty parties will almost certainly escape justice, as is almost always the case. 

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