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The ideology and philosophy of the Boko Haram movement can be best understood by explicating the two words "Boko" and "Haram". In Hausa language the word "Boko" is an equivocal term which means either "Western" or foreign, while the word "Haram" is an Arabic derivative meaning "forbidden" piecing the two words together 'Boko Haram' means to forbid everything western education. This study was aimed to examine the importance of western education in Islamic perspectives, citing the reasons from Quran and Sunnah and the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Usul-al-Fiqh). I believed that Scholars of Islamic jurisprudence have categorised issues and actions requiring an Islamic verdict (fatwa) into two (2) broad categories; Ibadaat and Mu‘amalaat. The major findings of this study indicates that any education whether foreign, secular or modern, that is useful and which does not go against the explicit teaching of the Quran and Sunnah is permissible (Halal). Quran and Sunnah encourage Muslims to seek knowledge in all fields of human endeavours, knowledge or education cannot be prohibited (Haram) simply because it is modern or new, it has to contradict the clear teaching of the Quran and Sunnah before it can be considered prohibited (Haram).
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