Many churchmen did criticize the book, but no Christian leader called for Dan Brown’s death – not the Pope, nor the Archbishop of Canterbury, nor any Orthodox patriarch.
The risk associated with being a Catholic priest in Nigeria has escalated in recent years as Muslim terror groups continue to commit atrocities against the Nigerian clergy.
A dozen Muslims encircled the peaceful Catholic marchers, shouting: 'bunch of whores,' 'you’re not in a cathedral here,' 'kuffaar' (infidels), 'miscreants,' 'get out of here, this place doesn’t belong to you.'
In the Catholic Church, clergy and educators have for decades promoted a dangerously misleading view of Islam which leaves Christians unprepared for the realities of Islam.