British actor and comic John Cleese not too long ago raised issues concerning the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by radical Muslims and advised the world is hypocritically turning a blind eye to their struggling for political causes.
“It appears to be like fairly as if Black Lives Do not Matter,” Cleese posted to X final week. “Additionally, writing about it will injury the picture of the murderers who killed these poor folks.”
It appears to be like fairly as if Black Lives Do not Matter
Additionally, writing about it will injury the picture of the murderers who killed these poor folks https://t.co/0piHvxZPnQ
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) April 7, 2026
Cleese’s remark got here in response to a publish from Leo Terrell, a U.S. Division of Justice senior counsel within the civil rights division, who requested why the world is not “speaking concerning the bloodbath of Christians by Islamist terrorists?”
Terrell had linked to a separate publish from evangelist Sean Feucht about studies of no less than 26 Nigerian Christians being murdered in Easter Sunday assaults by radical Islamic Fulani militants within the northern a part of the nation, which has been fraught with brutal persecution in opposition to Christians.
Final yr, the U.S. State Division formally up to date its designation for Nigeria as a “Nation of Specific Concern,” which got here days after President Donald Trump threatened U.S. army motion and an finish to U.S. help within the nation over the remedy of Christians there.
Open Doorways USA, a world Christian persecution watchdog, has warned lately that extra Christians are killed in Nigeria for his or her religion every year than in all different nations mixed. Of the 4,849 Christians killed worldwide for his or her religion through the reporting interval cited by Open Doorways of their most up-to-date report, 3,490 had been Nigerian, which marks a rise from 3,100 final yr.
The U.S. launched assaults in opposition to ISIS forces within the nation on Christmas Day, and deployed a army group there in February to help in counterterrorism operations in opposition to terrorists linked to the Islamic State.
Cleese has been more and more outspoken concerning the menace posed by radical Islam, particularly in his native United Kingdom, because the legacy of Christianity erodes there.
Final month, Cleese drew scorn from some on social media for lamenting the decline of Christian values amid the rise of Islam within the U.Okay., with some mentioning that he spent a lot of his profession lampooning the Christian religion with movies resembling “The Lifetime of Brian,” which stoked widespread backlash in 1979 for mocking Jesus Christ.
“The UK has at all times been primarily based on the deepest stage on Christian values, no matter dogma,” Cleese wrote on March 16 in response to a British politician who warned the historic Christian tradition within the U.Okay. is rapidly evaporating.
“Regardless of the numerous errors made by church buildings, for hundreds of years British folks have been influenced by Christ’s instructing. If these values are changed by Islamic ones, this won’t be Britain any extra,” Cleese added.
Cleese’s evaluation echoes that made by British atheist writer Richard Dawkins, who in 2024 described himself as “cultural Christian” whereas reflecting wistfully on the religion’s waning cultural affect in Europe.
Whereas deriding its supernatural claims as “nonsense” and claiming he’s “glad” the variety of working towards Christians within the U.Okay. has declined, Dawkins additionally conceded that Islam is rising in Europe as Christianity recedes, and famous he was “barely horrified” that Ramadan lights adorned London’s Oxford Road throughout Easter.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Publish. Ship information tricks to jon.brown@christianpost.com
