{"id":50628,"date":"2026-04-14T16:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50628"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:51:56","slug":"john-cleese-blasts-black-lives-matter-liberal-silence-amid-easter-massacre-of-nigerian-christians-by-islamist-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50628","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese Blasts Black Lives Matter, Liberal Silence amid Easter Massacre of Nigerian Christians by Islamist Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">British comic legend John Cleese has blasted Black Lives Matter and the wider liberal elites for their collective silence in the wake of the Easter massacre of Christians in Nigeria who were targeted by Islamic terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">\u201cIt looks rather as though Black Lives Don\u2019t Matter,\u201d\u00a0Cleese lamented on his social media account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">He further added\u00a0a sideswipe of liberal media by observing, \u201cAlso, writing about it would damage the image of the murderers who killed these poor people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">The 86-year-old actor\/comedian was responding to a post from the Chair of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Senior Counsel at The Justice Department, Leo Terrell, who had posited, \u201cWhy isn\u2019t the world talking about the massacre of Christians by Islamist terrorists??!!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2041548074460311930\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCleese\/status\/2041548074460311930\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2026\/04\/06\/suspected-jihadists-terrorize-christians-throughout-nigeria-easter\/\">reported<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Nigerian Christians experienced deadly suspected jihadist attacks in at least five states on Easter Sunday, the holiest day on the Christian calendar \u2013 involving direct attacks on Easter services, mass abductions, and indiscriminate firing on local victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">The attacks followed a massacre that killed at least 30 people on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter that marks the opening of Holy Week, in Plateau state, one of the deadliest places in Nigeria to practice the Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Human rights experts routinely rank Nigeria the deadliest place in the world to practice Christianity as a result of the large annual death tolls of Christians in targeted attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Some are noticing in the West but for the most part the massacre of Christ\u2019s followers is widely ignored.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#1990570758444138642\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1990570758444138642\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">Christianity is frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/\">cited<\/a> as the most persecuted religion in the world<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Data indicates over 380 million Christians experience high levels of discrimination or persecution, with incidents increasing across Africa, Asia, and in Western nations.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately one in seven Christians worldwide face high persecution, rising to one in five in Africa.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2026\/04\/14\/john-cleese-blasts-black-lives-matter-liberal-silence-amid-easter-massacre-of-nigerian-christians-by-islamist-terrorists\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British comic legend John Cleese has blasted Black Lives Matter and the wider liberal elites for their collective silence in the wake of the Easter 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