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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> | | {{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=1|Content=1|Language=1|References=1}} |
| | | '''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> |
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| *[http://www.my-nigeria.com/tag/boko-haram/ My-Nigeria.com - Boko Haram]
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| ===News===
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| *[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
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| *[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
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| :*[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
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| *[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
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| :*[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
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| :*[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
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| *[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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