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Ted Cruz: “The federal government has on the books Sharia law and…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz Discusses the Murder of Christians in Nigeria

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Government officials who are complicit in what is happening. There are 12 states in Nigeria that have on the books Sharia laws and blasphemy laws. The federal government has on the books Sharia law and blasphemy law. Those laws are used to persecute Christians. Those laws are used both to go directly after Christians by the government, but also to justify the government doing nothing, looking the … (01:05–01:10)

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Asserts that the Nigerian federal government has Sharia and blasphemy laws.

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