An international religious freedom watchdog group has identified Nigeria as the “most dangerous place to be a Christian.”

In its 88-page report, titled “2023 Persecutors of the Year,” International Christian Concern (ICC)—a team of global staffers and Washington, D.C.-based analysts of countries with the worst religious freedom records—states that “Nigeria is arguably the most dangerous place to be a Christian in the world today.”

Despite Nigeria’s dismal record, the Biden State Department in 2021 removed its designation as a Country of Particular Concern—a moniker given to the worst violators. Nigeria is home to terrorist groups such as Boko Haram that have been responsible for more than 38,000 deaths in the past 12 years, as well as regional al-Qaida and Islamic State groups and militant Fulani herdsmen. The report cites Nigeria’s enforcement of Sharia law in 12 northern states as a primary means of persecution.

ICC has documented 55 attacks in Nigeria causing the deaths of 549 Christians from March 4 to July 6, and the overnight murder of more than 20 people in a Plateau State village by Fulani Muslim militants in August.

“Whether the world acknowledges the plight of Nigerian Christians or not, the country has become a burial ground for Christians,” ICC’s report states. “Nigeria is a country torn by violence. From large, organized terror groups to small, disconnected communal militias, the violence in Nigeria is endemic.”

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