(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 in an attempt to protect Christians and other religious minorities from persecution by Islamic militants. The bill, if signed into law, directs the federal government to impose sanctions on the Nigeria government and its officials “who facilitate Islamist jihadist violence and the imposition of blasphemy laws” against non-Muslim Nigerians.