Bill Maher’s Outcry: Why Are Protests Lacking for Nigerian Christians Amidst Ongoing Violence?
On Friday, comedian and commentator Bill Maher addressed a glaring omission in the public discourse surrounding global humanitarian crises: the silence over the brutal murders of Nigerian Christians. Speaking on his popular HBO show, Maher slammed the lack of mass protests and awareness about the pervasive violence committed by Islamic extremist groups in Nigeria, which has seen over 100,000 Christians killed since 2009. “They’ve burned 18,000 churches. This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza,” Maher proclaimed, calling attention to what he describes as a gross neglect of the plight faced by












