Positioning himself as a global defender of Christians, Trump warned on October 31, 2025, that he would send forces to strike Nigeria for what he called the “killing of Christians” by “Islamic terrorists.”

From Ghinda to Keren and Asmara, the pattern repeats: historic Islamic schools closed, mosques demolished, and hundreds of scholars and preachers arrested or forcibly disappeared in a society where Muslims make up half the population.

Voices within President Donald Trump’s support base, particularly from the religious evangelical segment of the MAGA movement, have begun to escalate their criticism of both Trump and “Israel.

Fears are growing that a new pope with an anti-Islamic outlook could revive the confrontational policies of earlier pontiffs, reigniting tensions with the Muslim world.

With the announcement of Pope Francis's death at 88, Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako (76) emerged as a potential successor, gaining official endorsement from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani for the papacy.