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Washington D.C. Dialogue on International Religious Freedom

Global Peace Foundation
February 10, 2026

Senior Christian, Muslim, and traditional rulers appealed for support to address escalating violence that threatens the foundations of the Nigerian state at a Pepperdine University forum in Washington DC on February 4.

Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has been wracked by sectarian violence, terrorism, conflict over land rights, and endemic corruption. Armed gangs have seized control of villages and carry out mass kidnappings, often targeting school children who are held for ransom. More than 40,000 people have been killed since the emergence of the jihadist group Boko Haram in 2009, thousands of schools destroyed, agricultural regions despoiled, and internally displaced persons numbering in the millions living in nightmarish squalor.

The meeting was sponsored by the Global Peace Foundation, Pepperdine University, and Religious Freedom Institute.

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Cardinal John Onyaikan

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David Trimble and Daniel DeWalt

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Emir of Bungudu Hassan Attahiru and Imam Fuad Adeyemi

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GPF Representatives

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Nigerian Dialogue attendees

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Nigerian Dialogue speakers

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Paul Murray

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Religious leaders

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Reverend Joseph John Hayab

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Sheikh Muhammad Abubakar Sadeeq

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Speakers

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Jim Flynn greets attendees

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