Religious violence in Nigeria
| Religious Conflicts in Nigeria | ||||||||
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| Part of the Communal conflicts in Nigeria | ||||||||
Map of the 36 States of Nigeria | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Multinational Joint Task Force (from 1994) Local militias and vigilantes
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| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 62,000 Christian civilians killed since the turn of the 21st century | ||||||||
Religious violence in Nigeria refers to Christian-Muslim strife in modern Nigeria, which can be traced back to 1953. Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in North Nigeria against the Christian majority South Nigeria. Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. The killings have been referred to as a silent genocide.