{"id":24790,"date":"2025-11-19T10:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=24790"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:03:44","slug":"pop-star-nicki-minaj-echoes-trump-nigeria-persecuting-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/pop-star-nicki-minaj-echoes-trump-nigeria-persecuting-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Star Nicki Minaj Echoes Trump: Nigeria Persecuting Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">UNITED NATIONS<strong> \u2014<\/strong> Rapper Nicki Minaj has thrown her support behind President Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that Christians are facing persecution in Nigeria, using her platform at a United Nations event to highlight attacks on churches and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIn Nigeria, Christians are being targeted. Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart \u2026 simply because of how they pray,\u201d Minaj said during a panel organized by the U.S. mission. She described her stance as a call to \u201cunite humanity\u201d rather than divide people, insisting that protecting Christians in Nigeria is about standing against injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Her remarks came days after Trump warned that the United States could send troops into Nigeria \u201cguns a-blazing\u201d if the government \u201ccontinues to allow the killing of Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Nigerian presidency rejected Trump\u2019s framing, saying violence in the country affects everyone \u2014 Muslims, Christians, and others \u2014 and is not limited to one faith. Officials pointed to banditry, farmer\u2013herder clashes, and terrorism as drivers of insecurity that cut across religious lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Families of victims in Nigeria expressed mixed feelings. Some Christian families welcomed Minaj\u2019s comments, saying international attention could pressure the government to act. \u201cWe have cried for years. Maybe now the world will listen,\u201d said a pastor in Plateau State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Community leaders, however, cautioned against oversimplification. \u201cOur villages suffer attacks whether we are Christian or Muslim. This is about insecurity, not just religion,\u201d one elder in Kaduna noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Human rights groups added nuance, stressing that both Christians and Muslims have been victims of violence. \u201cYes, churches have been burned, but mosques too. The crisis is broader than persecution of one faith,\u201d Amnesty International\u2019s Nigeria office explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz praised Minaj for \u201cleveraging her massive platform to spotlight atrocities against Christians in Nigeria.\u201d But Nigerian officials reiterated that the government is working to address insecurity nationwide. \u201cWe reject any narrative that pits one religion against another,\u201d a presidential spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Diaspora voices also weighed in. Nigerian communities abroad expressed concern that Trump\u2019s rhetoric could inflame tensions. \u201cWe need solutions, not threats of military intervention,\u201d said a UK\u2011based advocacy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Nigeria has faced years of insecurity, including Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgencies in the northeast, mass kidnappings in the northwest, and farmer\u2013herder conflicts in the Middle Belt. These crises have displaced thousands and left both Christian and Muslim communities vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS \u2014 Rapper Nicki Minaj has thrown her support behind President Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that Christians are facing persecution in Nigeria, using her platform at a United Nations event to highlight attacks on churches and families. \u201cIn Nigeria, Christians are being targeted. 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