Military Periscope Logo

----- HISTORICAL RECORD -----

Boko Haram (ISIS West Africa Province)

group name

The group calls itself Jama'a Ahl as-Sunna Li-da'wa wa-al Jihad, which roughly translates to "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad." The group was founded in Maiduguri in northern Nigeria. Local residents coined the name of Boko Haram. Its translation is disputed. Some contend it means in Hausa, "Western education is forbidden" or "a sin." One Hausa expert maintains the word "boko" is derived from terms meaning "fraud" rather than "Western...

Please log in to continue reading.

Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.

Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…

  • More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
  • Nearly every country's armed forces
  • Militant organizations
laptop image

Try Military Periscope free for seven days

Military Periscope Logo

Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide

Military Periscope FEDLINK information

Service ID: UC Contract Number: LCFDL19D0065

Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.

600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,

Washington DC, 20037, USA.

(+1) 202-450-3967

©Military Periscope 2024

All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.