He was Mohammed Yusuf, leader of the Boko Haram sect. According to the BBC, the sect's name means "Western education is a sin"a recently dead Islamist wrote:There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam.
Like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it. We also reject the theory of Darwinism.
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