European Centre, ECLJ Calls On Nigeria, Pakistan To Review Blasphemy Laws, Says Over 52,000 Nigerian Christians Killed Since 2009
The European Centre For Law and Justice (ECLJ) has stated that Nigeria and Pakistan have some of the harshest laws against blasphemy worldwide, while condemning the violence, abductions and deaths which have been caused by alleged blasphemy in both countries. The ECLJ lamented that since 2009, more than 52,250 Christians had been killed in Nigeria, while more than 700 others had been abducted; “with more than 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools burned down by Islamic militants in Nigeria.”