Rapper Nicki Minaj teamed up with the Trump administration on Tuesday to call for an end to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
“I would like to thank President Trump for prioritizing this issue and for his leadership on the global stage in calling for urgent action to defend Christians in Nigeria, to combat extremism and to bring a stop to violence against those who simply want to exercise their natural right to freedom of religion or belief,” she said in her brief remarks at a United Nations event.
“Today, faith is under attack in way too many places. In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted, driven from their homes and killed. Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart, and entire communities live in fear constantly simply because of how they pray,” she continued.
President Donald Trump has said that there’s an “existential threat” against Christians in the country and has threatened military action.
However, the situation in Nigeria is more complicated than Trump and other Americans have made it seem, numerous experts have claimed. The West African country has a nearly equal amount of Christians and Muslims, and both religious groups have faced attacks from extreme Islamist groups, CNN reported earlier this month.
