Islamic education

      By Hannah Hoechner, University of East Anglia and Yagana Bukar, University of Maiduguri     The world has come to associate the insurgency in north-east Nigeria with the slogan “western education is forbidden”. This is how “Boko Haram” – the name given to the insurgents – is commonly translated from the Hausa language into English. But “Boko Haram” is not what the insurgents call themselves or would […]