From Yahoo! News
"The radical sect behind the latest violence is known by several different names, including Al-Sunna wal Jamma, or "Followers of Mohammed's Teachings" in Arabic, and "Boko Haram," which means "Western education is sin" in the local Hausa dialect."
That's the important part of the article. The Cliff's Notes version of the whole thing is this: Nigeria: 1/2 Christian, 1/2 muslim. In 1999, Nigeria stopped being ruled by oppressive military regimes, and 10,000 people have died in "sectarian" violence since then. Not knowing the particulars in this case but knowing islam, I feel safe in saying those 10,000 people are because the muslim half of Nigeria doesn't want evil things like western education and liberty for themselves or the Christian half.
Islam: Not Playing Well With Others since the 8th century A.D.
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