#BokoHaramInsurgency

The group's name has always been Jamā'atu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Da'wati wal-Jihād ( ﺟﻤﺎﻋﺔ ﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺴﻨﺔ ﻟﻠﺪﻋﻮﺓ ﻭﺍﻟﺠﻬﺎﺩ ), meaning "Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawa and Jihad ". It is also known as Wilayat Garb Ifrqiya , meaning "West African Province", since March 2015 after becoming part of the Islamic State. The name "Boko Haram" is usually translated as "Western education is forbidden". Haram is from the Arabic ﺣَﺮَﺍﻡ ( ḥarām, "forbidden"); and the Hausa word boko (the first vowel is long, the second pronounced in a low tone), meaning "fake", which is used to refer to secular Western education. Boko Haram has also been translated as "Western influence is a sin" and "Westernization is sacrilege". Until the death of its founder Mohammed Yusuf , the group was also reportedly known as Yusifiyya. Northern Nigerians have commonly dismissed Western education as ilimin boko ("fake education") and secular schools as makaranta boko.