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Ted Cruz: “Those laws are used to persecute Christians.”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

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 other way while Boko Haram and the terrorists murder and commit horrible atrocities on these Christians. (01:10–01:13)

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Asserts that Sharia and blasphemy laws in Nigeria are used to persecute Christians.

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