Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad," is a Nigerian Sunni Muslim terrorist group. The group wants the overthrow of Nigeria and has killed thousands of people, including 44 people on Christmas day 2011, [1] coordinated attacks that killed at least 185 people on January 20. [2]
Muslim cleric Mohammed Yusuf formed Boko Haram in 2002. They publicly proclaimed allegiance to al-Qaida but switched to the Islamic State in 2015.
The United Nations has designated Boko Haram a terrorist organization after it bombed UN headquarters in Abuja. The UN has established a counterterrorism center in Saudi Arabia to coordinate efforts to combat the group's activities in Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan. [3]
In May of 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 300 schoolgirls and threatend to sell the teenage girls after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton refused to designate the organization as a terrorist organization;[4][5][6] Clinton was deeply involved with Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb at the time and was funneling its Libyan affiliates arms in the Libyan War.[7]
In June of 2014 Boko Haram attacked soccer stadiums and killed 40 people.[8]
See Also
References
- ↑ Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?, BBC, January 11, 2012
- ↑ 'We will attack Nigeria again and again', Boko Haram leader vows, The Telegraphe, January 27, 2012
- ↑ http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35023-un-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-urges-jonathan-to-fight-sect-with-full-force-show-yourselves-jonathan-challenges-boko-haram-members-p53-britain-offers-to-assist-nigeriaun-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-
- ↑ http://cnsnews.com/news/article/nigeria-group-threatens-sell-kidnapped-girls
- ↑ Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram, Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com
- ↑ Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization? Hot Air website.
- ↑ Benghazi raid leaves cradle of Libyan revolution fearing for its future The Guardian September 21, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/06/12/Nigeria-Shuts-Down-World-Cup-Viewings-After-Boko-Haram-Threatens-Attack