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@nickuvb This will be a long read.
Sadly yes. You are right that the attacks against Christians in sub-Saharan Africa is largely due to an ever present anti-Christian agenda. But it is also mainly due to regressive and archaic cultural systems in many muslim dominated regions/ countries. For more clarity, in the south of Nigeria where I am from, we have a huge population of muslims intermixed with the largely Christian population but we also have an overlaying culture of secularism (due to the British imparting that upon our region in the early days of colonialsim) in the south which we all adhere too and which helps us co-exist well together. This is also the reason why the south is the most economically well-off, literate, tolerant and has more infrastructure compared to the north (where the British controlled but never imposed their systems and culture upon them) where they are more ethnically and cultural homogenous but adhere to more traditional fundamentalist social structure that spurns western education, upholds sharia, and also rejects free market economics. As a result, the majority of the population is destitute while their elites maintain power through the use of regressive islam and tribal ties. The muslim population even suffers more at the hands of terrorists yet they refuse to hold their religious and political leaders accountable. Thus, they frequently take out their frustration on Christians or other non-northern tribes. One major source of contention is a group of nomadic northern muslims called Fulani who graze their cattle in areas and have frequently been illegally inhabiting farming areas and nature reserve areas in the south and they also use guns to attack local villages, kidnap people for ransom and other acts of wanton violence. Some northern politicians tend to support them due to tribal ties and to also use them as a militia against political rivals.
If I had to predict the future, I would be cautiously optimistic because of historical precedent. In 99 at the end of Nigerian military rule, a civilian government was elected and our country was in much worse straits but within the first 4 years, the government turned the situation around. The current administration led by buhari (a muslim) and his ruling party has become so unpopular even in the north, where he had massive support, due to his economic mismanagement and the worsening insecurity problem. Now, a growing number of northerners (mainly moderate muslims, young people and Christians) are looking to vote for the opposition and it is hopeful that much of the fallout will be addressed once a new government is elected.
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