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Here's an article on the point about the name translation: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2014/0506/Boko-Haram-doesn-t-really-mean-

• thathonkey 12y ago
  So you could say that it loosely means "Western Education/Thinking is a sin" - just not a literal translation?
• rkuykendall-com 12y ago
  Title: 'Boko Haram' doesn't really mean 'Western education is a sin' Article: I mean, it actually pretty much does... but umm... language is complicated?