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    Boko Haram is a Sunni jihadist group founded in 2002 in northern Nigeria that aims to establish an Islamic state. They oppose Western influence and education, especially for girls. The group receives funding through kidnapping, robbery, and extortion. In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls from a school in Chibok, drawing international attention to their ongoing terrorist activities across northern Nigeria and the Sahel region.

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    Boko Haram is a Sunni jihadist group founded in 2002 in northern Nigeria that aims to establish an Islamic state. They oppose Western influence and education, especially for girls. The group receives funding through kidnapping, robbery, and extortion. In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls from a school in Chibok, drawing international attention to their ongoing terrorist activities across northern Nigeria and the Sahel region.

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    HistoryofBokoHaramandChibokkidnappingcontext

    Background

    BokoHaramisaSunnijihadistgroupfoundedbyMohammedYusufinspiredbya
    14thcenturyfundamentalistscholar.
    BokoHaramwasfoundedin2002innorthernNigeria,andhassimilarphilosophies
    andapproachestotheTalibanofAfghanistan
    Throughtheirallianceswithdifferentgroupsitsinterpretationsofviolentjihadhas
    evolved.Thishasresultedinanincreaseintherangeofitstargetsandan
    extensionoftheirareasofactivitybeyondNigeria.
    BokoHarammeansWesterneducationisforbidden
    BokoHaramhasanextendedname,Jama'atuAhlasSunnahliDa'awati
    walJihadthatmeansPeopleCommittedtothePropagationofthe
    Prophet'sTeachingsandJihad
    In2009theleaderofBokoHaramwasexecutedandthegroupbecameinactivefor
    sometime
    ThecurrentleaderofBokoHaramisAbubakarShekau(theformersecond
    incommand)promisedfreshattacksafterheassumedleadership
    BokoHaramisthethirdmostdeadlyterroristgroupintheworld
    ThisiswhattherelationshipdynamicbetweenBokoHaramandothergroupslooks
    like:

    Goals


    BokoHaramaimstoremovethepoliticalcommunityofnorthernNigeriaand
    implementafundamentalistinterpretationofShariaLaw(Islamiclaw)
    acrossallofNigeria
    BokoHaramisalsoagainstWesterninfluenceinAfrica,andwantstofight
    governmentforcesinMaliandNigeria
    BokoHaramalsoaimstoridNigeriaofanyWesterninfluencesespecially
    educationforgirls

    PoliticalActivity

    BokoHaramdoesntparticipateinanynonviolentortraditionalformsof
    politicalactivity,forexampleprotestsorhavingitsownpartyingovernment
    BokoHaramdiscreditsanygovernmentandtypeofgovernmentthat
    doesntrunasanIslamicsystem
    Thegroupisopposedtoanyruleoflawthatisntitsperceptionof
    ShariaLaw

    Financing

    Thegroupreceivesfundingthroughcrimessuchasabductions,robberies,
    andextortion,aswellasthroughdonationsandallianceswithotherterrorist
    organisations
    Thebiggestcontributortothegroup'sfinancingiskidnappingforransom

    LeadershipStructure

    BokoHaramhasahierarchicalstructurewithoneoverallleader
    Theexactnumberofmembersandfollowersofthegroupisunknown
    Itisestimatedthatthereisbetweenafewhundredandafew
    thousandmembers

    Targets
    Dependingontheirmotivesforeachattack,theirtargetwillbedifferent
    MostrecentlyBokoHaramhasturnedtheirattentiontotargetingmore
    educationcentresandschools,especiallythoseforgirls

    AttacksontheEducationSystem

    HowBokoHaramfeelsabouteducationisclearintheirnamewhichmeans
    Westerneducationisforbidden
    BokoHarampromoteshostilitytowardswesterneducation
    In2012BokoHarambegantargetingschoolsregularly

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