Boko Haram | |
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الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا Pairteecipant in the Islamist insurgency in Wast AfricaeWast Africae Province جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Group o the Fowk o Sunnah for Preachin an Jihad an the War on Terror | |
![]() Tap: The Black Staundart o ISIL, which wis adopted bi Boko Haram in 2015 Bottom: Logo o Boko Haram till 2015 | |
Active | 2002–present |
Ideology | Wahhabism Salafism Islamic fundamentalism |
Leaders | Abubakar Shekau (current leader) Mohammed Yusuf † (foonder) |
Heidquarters | |
Aurie o operations | Northeast Nigerie, Northren Cameroon, Niger, Chad |
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Becam | Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya (ISWAP) |
Opponents |
Boko Haram, referred tae bi themselves as Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyyah (Arabic: الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا, (Islamic State Wast Africae Province, ISWAP),[9] an Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, "Group o the Fowk o Sunnah for Preachin an Jihad"),[10] is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastren Nigerie, an aa active in Chad, Niger an northren Cameroon.[4]