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	'''Boko Haram''' is a [[Nigeria\|Nigerian]] [[Islam\|Islamic]] group whose name means ''forbidden education'' (understood by local Hausa dialect to really mean "Western education [or ''karatun boko''] is a sin").<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534984,00.html Nigerian Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks] - Fox News, July 27, 2009</ref> They are reported to have urged followers in several northern states of Nigeria to attack police stations, prisons and churches and burn down schools in an attempt to enforce [[Shariah\|Shari'ah]] and rid the country of all Western education.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6735551.ece Nigeria on the brink] - The Times Online, August 1, 2009</ref> It is also reported that the group has ties to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203726_2.html World Digest: Nigeria - Islamist Concedes Link to Afghanistan] - The Washington Post, September 3, 2009</ref>		'''Boko Haram''' is a [[Nigeria\|Nigerian]] [[Islam\|Islamic]] group whose name means ''forbidden education'' (understood by local Hausa dialect to really mean "Western education [or ''karatun boko''] is a sin").<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534984,00.html Nigerian Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks] - Fox News, July 27, 2009</ref> They are reported to have urged followers in several northern states of Nigeria to attack police stations, prisons and churches and burn down schools in an attempt to enforce [[Shariah\|Shari'ah]] and rid the country of all Western education.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6735551.ece Nigeria on the brink] - The Times Online, August 1, 2009</ref> It is also reported that the group has ties to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203726_2.html World Digest: Nigeria - Islamist Concedes Link to Afghanistan] - The Washington Post, September 3, 2009</ref>