What does the Boko Haram symbol mean?
Western education is forbidden
It is popularly known in Nigerian and Western media as “Boko Haram,” which means “Western education is forbidden” (the word boko is a holdover from the colonial English word for book).
What is the Boko Haram fighting for?
Boko Haram is an Islamic sect that believes northern politics has been seized by a group of corrupt, false Muslims. It wants to wage a war against them, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria generally, to create a “pure” Islamic state ruled by sharia law.
Who are the Boko Haram and what do they want?
Boko Haram’s primary objective is the establishment of an Islamic State under Shariah law in Nigeria. Its secondary objective is the wider imposition of Islamic rule beyond Nigeria.
Where did the name Boko Haram come from?
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Boko Haram/Place founded
What did Boko Haram do to the schoolgirls?
Seven years ago this April 14, armed Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped 276 school girls in the remote Nigerian town of Chibok. Fifty-seven of them managed to escape by jumping onto the highway as the trucks into which they’d been forced were driving away.
Is Boko Haram defeated?
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed in 2019 said the military has “successfully defeated” Boko Haram insurgents. Mr Mohammed also said Nigerian troops have “successfully cleared the remnant of the home-grown insurgency called Boko Haram and are now being confronted by a fresh crisis, a global insurgency”.
What was the original purpose of Boko Haram?
Boko Haram. The group’s initial proclaimed intent was to uproot the corruption and injustice in Nigeria, which it blamed on Western influences, and to impose Sharīʿah, or Islamic law. Later the group vowed to avenge the deaths of Yusuf and other group members, who were killed by security forces in 2009.
What does Western education mean in the Hausa language?
It turns out the Hausa language doesn’t have a four-letter word that means “Western education.” It isn’t a mash-up or an acronym. What it has is a word that came to be applied to a century-old British colonial education policy that many Hausa-speakers saw as an attempt, more-or-less, to colonize their minds.
Where does the word haram come from in Islam?
Haram has always been obvious – a borrowed word from Arabic that refers to things that are forbidden in Islam (as opposed to things that are halal, or permitted). I wondered if it was an acronym, or a mash-up of two other words.
How did the word Hausa get its name?
It isn’t a mash-up or an acronym. What it has is a word that came to be applied to a century-old British colonial education policy that many Hausa-speakers saw as an attempt, more-or-less, to colonize their minds. First, some information needs to be dispensed with. The word is often described as being borrowed from the English word “book.”