CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: TERRORISTS TARGETING CROWDS, NOT CHRISTIANS – MURIC

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

DATE: 28^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: TERRORISTS TARGETING CROWDS, NOT CHRISTIANS – MURIC

Islamic human rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has propounded a theory of ‘crowd mentality’ to counter the Christian genocide narrative.

In its statement issued on Friday, 28^th November, 2025 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group insisted that terrorists are targeting crowds, not Christians and not Muslims. The statement added that the aim of terrorists is to kill or kidnap large number of people and to maximise ransom. It is only natural that the only places where they can get crowds is inside mosques, churches and schools.

MURIC’s statement goes further:

“In the midst of a prolonged and extensive national conversation on the controversial Christian genocide narrative, we find it apt to propound a theory of ‘crowd mentality’ to further enrich the national thought process.

“Having engaged in debates severally on the subject matter and deliberated on the motivation for attacks on mosques, churches and schools, we have come to the conclusion that terrorists and bandits are not actually targeting Muslims and their mosques or going after Chriatians and their churches, they have only developed a ‘crowd mentality’.  

“’Crowd mentality’ is a situation where people look for or feel more comfortable or safer in crowded places either for attacks or entertainment. For terrorists, targeting places where people assemble in large numbers is for the purpose of maximizing ransom or ensuring high death toll. This explains why they often attack mosques, churches and schools. It is not religion. It is the quest for wealth.

“Terrorists are not interested in religion. All they want is to maximise the amount they can collect as ransom when a large number of people are kidnapped and the best place where they can find people in large numbers are mosques, churches and schools. It is ‘crowd mentality’.

“Entertainers and musicians will not show interest in performing where there is no crowd. They lose appetite for singing or dancing in quiet lanes and deserted streets but their spirits rise when the ovasion is loud from the crowded audience. It is ‘crowd mentality’.

“Whereas the Christian genocide narrative is pregnant with emotions, offensive and lacks objectivity, the ‘crowd mentality’ theory is more liberal and less offensive to any group. It admits that Muslims, Christians and even schools are being attacked. Of course no rightful thinking person can deny this.

“Think about this: has any terrorist gone into an empty mosque in Nigeria to attack it? Have they entered an empty church to stage an attack? What of empty schools and classrooms? Have they attacked any school during the holidays or at a weekend? They won’t do that because the school will be empty! The church is not the target. The mosque is not the target. The Muslim is not the target and the Christian is not the target. What they want are human beings for ransom. Think about it.

‎‎”Neither is there any truth behind what is referred to as ‘targeted killing of Christians’. What happens is that terrorists have a ‘crowd mentality’.  They look for any place where they can get the largest number of people at a time. They want to attract maximum publicity in order to embarrass the government of the day.

“But at the same time they want to make as much money as they can. It is just natural that mosques, churches and schools come to their minds. These are the places where people must congregate daily and weekly. They want to score the highest casualty figure possible in order to strike terror into the hearts of the people.

“If the theory of crowd mentality sits down well with Nigerians, we will understand what is going on and we will stop accusing one another of targeting each other. Terrorists seek to divide Nigerians along religious lines but we can defeat them by applying better and higher intellect.

“It is a matter that requires the application of our reasoning faculty. We do not need America to do that for us. Let the Federal Government, the Muslims and the Christians sit down together and find a way to make churches, mosques and schools safer. We will run the terrorists out of business in no time at all. ‘Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it’ (Proverbs 13:10).”

‎#ChristianGenocideMyth

‎#TheoryOfCrowdMentality

#SafeChurchesgenocide,terrorists,target,crowd,muric

#SafeMosques

#SafeSchools

#SafeCommunities

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)