BOKO HARAM

WHO IS BOKO HARAM

• Boko Haram is Nigeria's militant Islamist group which has caused violence by kidnapping and bombing. Thy are fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.
• Islamic

ISLAMIC

• the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

• The group wants to wage a war against them, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria generally, to create a “pure” Islamic state ruled by sharia law.

WHY DID THEY KIDNAP THE GIRLS IN NIGERIA?

• The women of Nigeria said Boko Haram fighters started harming them when they refused to run away as the army came nearer.
• They also kidnaped and killed them to get what the wanted from the government.
• They kidnaped over 300 girls from their schools. They broke in the school acting like they were security guards and told the girls to get in the trucks and they drove off.

WHAT IA BEING DONE TO STOP BOKO HARAM?

• Army groups are going in and bombing they tents.
• The government is also trying to get them back by talking to them and trying to convince them.

WEDSITES USED

• http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/boko_haram.html
• http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32574777