Islamic State And Boko Haram

The group, Boko Haram, was created 14 years ago by Mohammed Yusuf (1970-2009) to create and pure Islamic state in Nigeria. With the development in technology over the last ten years the internet has become a freeway of information. This has created the perfect opportunity for terrorist groups to blossom and spread their messages to lands far away from their previous reach. Mohammed Yusuf Ideals were focused on making Nigeria a “pure Islamic State”. In 2009 police found and killed him which with media

Boko Haram means Western learning is forbidden (Schultz). Boko Haram is an Islamic militant group that originated in Nigeria and spread through northern Cameroon and south-western Chad. It started out with a group of young Islamic radicals. Boko Haram is a terrorist organization that is much like ISIS. The question is, why has Boko Haram come to Cameroon? Boko Haram has come to Cameroon because they want to establish an Islamic state in that area, because they are running out of supplies, and because

into an arrangement of shocking terror unbridled by Boko Haram. Nigeria has always been at the heart of security threatening challenges, but Boko Haram is the most powerful group as of yet. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for many bombings and other terrorist activities north and central Nigeria, thus placing Nigeria on the verge of dissolution. Till date, terror caused by Boko Hara has resulted in an estimate of about 10,000 deaths. Boko Haram, officially called Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati

Boko Haram is a radical Sunni Islamic gathering, at first calling itself Jama 'atu Ahlis Sunnar Lidda 'awati Wal-Jihad, which thoroughly makes a translation of to "people concentrated on the spread of the Prophet 's teachings and jihad. The gathering is against Western philosophy. The pioneer of the gathering, Mohammed Yusuf, was a readied Salafist and follower of Ibn Taymiyya, a 14th century analyst who addressed Islamic fundamentalism. Boko Haram hopes to construct an Islamic state in Nigeria,

and we don’t seem to notice. On April 14, nearly 300 Nigerian girls were abducted from their school. We cannot even imagine their darkest fears or the pain they are going through with the Boko Haram terrorists who took them. Boko Haram is a group of Nigerian terrorists ruled by a man named Abubakar. Boko Haram stands for “Western education is sinful”. But we can imagine how their parents and family are feeling. The abduction of these girls has led to many social media trends calling for their rescue

1.) Problem Statement: Boko Haram has become a rapidly increasing threat to Northern Africa and the surrounding areas. There radical Islamic ideology has made them a serious threat to many North African nations who share similar ideologies, as well as a serious threat to the South African nations who are predominantly Christian. 2.) Background: Boko Haram is an Islamic terrorist organization that originated in Nigeria in 2002. Since the conception of Boko Haram, various attacks have been upheld against

Nigeria’s security establishment. The group has received financial support from al Qaeda and other African governments. Central to Boko Haram’s approach includes using hard-to-track human couriers to move cash, relying on local funding sources, such as local governments, and engaging in only limited financial relationships with other extremist groups.1 They recruit as many Islamic extremist groups recruit, by radicalizing boys and young men who have failed at something or seek a higher purpose in life.

accusing the Nigerian government of kidnapping and abducting the wives and children of Boko Haram’s members. This angered Shekau, as he saw the feud to be between Boko Haram and Nigeria to be strictly between themselves. He viewed the abduction of their wives and children as an even more personal attack on his groups and swore to get revenge for “the rape and deaths of our families.” Even though Boko Haram threatened to kidnap many of the Nigerian government’s families, they did not make good

Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group based in northeastern Nigeria, but is also active in northern Cameroon, Chad, and Niger (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Their main purpose as an organization is to institute Sharia, which is known as Islamic law (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). In the local Hausa dialect, one of the largest ethnic groups spoken in West Africa, Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden” (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). The group is also referred to as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati

extremists are becoming much more frequent because of a rather newly created terrorist group, Boko Haram. The group is growing in power and most likely is not being shut down any time soon. There are many reasons for this, including many Nigerian citizens being in poverty, Nigeria’s corrupt government, and most crucial,