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One of the central issues highlighted is the role of Western media and political narratives. Because the violence involves black perpetrators and victims, and because the victims are Christians in Africa, the media often choose silence or indifference. Many argue that the mainstream narrative prefers to depict these conflicts through a lens of oppressor versus oppressed—typically framing Muslims in the West as oppressed victims—and neglects the complexities and nuances of conflicts abroad.