On 29 July, Christian witch-hunters accused of torturing and killing local children attacked and beat campaigners for child protection at a public meeting in Calabar, Nigeria. The same week, hundreds of members of the Islamist group Boko Haram were killed in suicide attacks on police stations across the north of the country. It's easy to dismiss these distant events, but we hold some responsibility for them – and the consequences of this religious extremism spread far beyond West Africa.

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