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The Digest:

Massad Boulos, senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has dismissed claims of a targeted Christian genocide in Nigeria, emphasizing that terrorist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS kill more Muslims than Christians. During a visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Boulos reframed the crisis as a generalized terrorist threat affecting all faiths, urging partnership to address insecurity.

Key Points:
  • Massad Boulos rejected U.S. lawmakers' claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria.
  • He stated terrorism has "no colour, religion, or tribe" and affects all groups.
  • Boulos cited data showing Boko Haram and ISIS kill more Muslims than Christians.
  • He acknowledged deadly farmer-herder clashes in the Middle Belt.
  • The adviser described Nigeria as a religiously balanced "melting pot."
  • Boulos praised Tinubu’s recent security measures and pledged U.S. collaboration.
  • He stressed that "any loss of life is one too many."
Boulos’s remarks challenge simplistic religious narratives, highlighting the complex, shared suffering underpinning Nigeria’s security crisis.

Sources: The Cable