Boko Haram

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Boko Haram

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From Hausa boko (“fake, often said of Western education”) + haram (“forbidden”), from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Literally, “Western education is forbidden”.

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An Islamist jihadist militant group based in Nigeria but active in adjoining Northwest African countries. Security officials say such a move makes it easy for Boko Haram to infiltrate Cameroon and gather vital security information.

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中文	博科聖地 /博科圣地 Bókē Shèngdì

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@misc{boko_haram_2026,
  title = {Boko Haram},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boko%20haram},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}