Boko Haram Analysis

After reading this article, explain what you think the key issues are that are being discussed. In your answer, be sure to fully describe the social problems you see reflected in the story. The key issues in Mark Berman's Washington Post article about Boko Haram, is the violent actions that the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram takes in order to further their agenda against Western education. Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group whose name translates to Western education is sinful with extremist views they distort the Quran to justify their terrorist actions. In doing so, they have recruited hundreds, maybe thousands of people in order to incite terrorism in Nigeria.
Another issue is the lack of Nigerian government involvement
Islamic extremist terrorism shows how the misconstrued Quran can be used as a tool for violence. There are terrorist groups they have misconstrued religious ideals to justify terrorist actions Boko Haram is only one example of this. Boko Haram is the embodiment of the lack of education and the cycle of violence all manifesting in a single body. By lack of education I mean the misinterpretation of what is supposed to be good religious ideals, but instead use those ideals of violence. An obvious example of this would be taking a religion class at USD which in class we are taught how to interpret Catholicism and the Bible as a means for good. Without this basic education of the Bible, it can be constructed as a tool for violence instead simply by taking a literal translation of the Bible, namely the Old Testament, which can be used to justify murder to an uneducated person that is easily impressionable as well as accustomed to
This cycle has been like an old television realistically that won’t stop playing in the history of mankind. Yet despite all our advancements there hasn’t been a way to stop it with a non-religious means. Through Catholicism we are taught to turn the other cheek, but that may lead to even more unethical outcomes. So the hardest yet clear choice would be to find a way not to respond violently to a violent action yet still prevent humiliation from being passed on. This is the hardest and the option that is never used on a global scale. Even so no one in particular is to blame still, but the resurgence of using this style of peace keeping can be part of the healing process of this