Proof The Bible Is True

05/15/21

 

Inside Nigeria’s northeast region lies the sprawling city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. With a population of 1 million people, the century-old city is the largest in the area.

 

Maiduguri has always called itself the “city of peace.”

 

And then, Boko Haram was born. In 2002, a radical Islamist cleric founded the group, and since then the city and surrounding areas have been the place attacked most by Boko Haram.

 

Now, fear roams the streets; it’s chased the peace out of the city. Now, Maiduguri is known as “the birthplace of Boko Haram.”

 

Amina* is just one of Maiduguri’s many residents who grapples with the impact of the violence and terror the group continues to rain down on the city. She and her family bear the scars—literal and figurative—of the attacks that have come to define persecution against Christians in Nigeria.

 

“I thank God I knew the Bible and that the Bible didn’t hide anything (about persecution) from us… anything can happen anytime,” Amina says. “A Christian should not be afraid.”

 

Through the years, that deep faith has been put to the test, over and over again.

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