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'''Boko Haram''' is a [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] [[Islam|Islamic]] group whose name means ''forbidden education'' (understood by local Hausa dialect to really mean "Western education [or ''karatun boko''] is a sin").<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534984,00.html Nigerian Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks] - Fox News, July 27, 2009</ref>  They are reported to have urged followers in several northern states of Nigeria to attack police stations, prisons and churches and burn down schools in an attempt to enforce [[Shariah|Shari'ah]] and rid the country of all Western education.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6735551.ece Nigeria on the brink] - The Times Online, August 1, 2009</ref> It is also reported that the group has ties to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203726_2.html World Digest: Nigeria - Islamist Concedes Link to Afghanistan] - The Washington Post, September 3, 2009</ref>
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'''Boko Haram''' is a Nigerian [[Islam|Islamic]] group whose name means ''forbidden education'' (understood by local Hausa dialect to really mean "Western education [or ''karatun boko''] is a sin").<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534984,00.html Nigerian Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks] - Fox News, July 27, 2009</ref>  They are reported to have urged followers in several northern states of Nigeria to attack police stations, prisons and churches and burn down schools in an attempt to enforce [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)|Shari'ah]] and rid the country of all Western education.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6735551.ece Nigeria on the brink] - The Times Online, August 1, 2009</ref> It is also reported that the group has ties to Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203726_2.html World Digest: Nigeria - Islamist Concedes Link to Afghanistan] - The Washington Post, September 3, 2009</ref>
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.my-nigeria.com/tag/boko-haram/ My-Nigeria.com - Boko Haram]
 
===News===
 
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535563,00.html Nigerian Army Kills 100 at Mosque in Fight With Militants] - Fox News, July 30, 2009
 
*[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/30/nigeria.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch Captured leader of Nigerian militant sect is dead] - Christian Purefoy - CNN, July 30, 2009
:*[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/31/nigeria.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch Probe sought in Nigerian hard-line Islamic leader's death] - Christian Purefoy - CNN, July 31, 2009
 
*[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/02/nigeria.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch 700 die in fighting in northern Nigeria] - CNN, August 2, 2009
:*[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/nigeria.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch Victims of Nigerian clashes buried in mass graves] - Christian Purefoy - CNN, August 3, 2009
:*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080202164.html Warnings Ignored In Nigeria, Clerics Say] - Katharine Houreld - The Washington Post, August 3, 2009
 
*[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2009/08/boko-haram.html Think Tank: Boko Haram] - Steve Coll - The New Yorker, August 3, 2009


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Boko Haram is a Nigerian Islamic group whose name means forbidden education (understood by local Hausa dialect to really mean "Western education [or karatun boko] is a sin").[1] They are reported to have urged followers in several northern states of Nigeria to attack police stations, prisons and churches and burn down schools in an attempt to enforce Shari'ah and rid the country of all Western education.[2] It is also reported that the group has ties to Afghanistan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Nigerian Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks - Fox News, July 27, 2009
  2. ↑ Nigeria on the brink - The Times Online, August 1, 2009
  3. ↑ World Digest: Nigeria - Islamist Concedes Link to Afghanistan - The Washington Post, September 3, 2009
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