What Is Boko Haram And Why Are They Kidnapping Nigerian Girls?

Boko Haram has again kidnapped women and children in Nigeria. We know they're a terrorist group, but aside from grouping them under the universal term "terrorist," do we actually know who...

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Once again, Boko Haram has made news by kidnapping women and children in Nigeria.As we all know, they are a terrorist group, and it is often easy for me to replace theactual group name, Boko Haram, with the generic post-9/11 understanding of the word "terrorist".I know this is just my instinct to group things together to make them easier to understand,but I'd like to think that I can handle more than just the one word explanation "terrorist".So, who are the Boko Haram?First off, their real name is not Boko Haram. That's just what the local people call them.It roughly means, "Western Education Forbidden". But the actual group's name is The Congregationof the People of Tradition for Proselytism an...