Editing Boko Haram (section)

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{{Evil Organization
|Box title    = Evil Organization
|Image        = Logo of Boko Haram (2018-Present).svg
|fullname = The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad
|alias = Boko Haram<br>The Islamic State in West Africa<br>ISWA<br>Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād<br>Wilayat Garb Ifrqiya
|origin = Nigeria
|foundation = 2002
|headquarters = Sambisa Forest, Borno, Nigeria 
|commanders = [[Mohammed Yusuf]] (2002 - 2009)<br> [[Abubakar Shekau]] (2009 - 2021)<br>[[Abu Umaimata]] (2022 - present)
|agents = 
|skills = Rioting, pillaging, murder
|goals = Establish an Islamic state in West Africa (ongoing)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Human rights abuses<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade]]<br>[[Torture]] 
|type of villain = Islamic Terrorists}}
{{Quote|If you are a Muslim, you're a target. If you are a Christian, you're a target. They slaughter people like animals.|VICE News, "The War Against Boko Haram"}}
The '''Congregation of the People of Tradition for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawah Proselytism] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad Jihad]'''<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup> (Arabic: جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد‎ ''<span class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none" title="ar ALA transliteration">Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād</span>'')—better known by its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_language Hausa] name '''Boko Haram''' (pronounced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA [bōːkòː hàrâm]], "Western education is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraam sinful]")<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup>—is an Islamic jihadist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfiri takfiri] [[Militant Islam|militant]] and terrorist organization based in the northeast of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria Nigeria],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CTC_6-0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-CTC-6 [6]]</sup> north [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon Cameroon] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger Niger].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-7 [7]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ESISC_8-0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-ESISC-8 [8]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TRIBUNE_9-0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-TRIBUNE-9 [9]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pilot_Africa_10-0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#cite_note-Pilot_Africa-10 [10]]</sup>