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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 extreme [[Sharia]] 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>
'''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>


==External Links==


For more information see Wikipedia's article: [[w:Boko Haram|Boko Haram]]
*[http://www.my-nigeria.com/tag/boko-haram/ My-Nigeria.com - Boko Haram]


==In the News==
===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.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.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2009/08/boko-haram.html Think Tank: Boko Haram] - Steve Coll - The New Yorker, 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
==External Links==
*[http://www.my-nigeria.com/tag/boko-haram/ My-Nigeria.com - Boko Haram]


==References==
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