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Mohammed Yusuf Biography

Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)
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Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Muslim sect leader. He was born in Girgir village, in Jakusko, present day Yobe State, Nigeria.[1] He founded the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in 2002 and was its spiritual leader until he was killed in the 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence.[2] The group's official name is "Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad", which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad".[3]
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1 Personal life
2 Death
3 Beliefs
4 References
5 External links
Personal life[edit]

Yusuf had four wives and 12 children.[4]
Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria told BBC News that the controversial cleric had a graduate education, spoke proficient English, lived a lavish lifestyle and drove a Mercedes-Benz.[5]
Death[edit]

Yusuf was killed by Nigerian security forces. The Nigerian Security Force eventually found him in the house of his parents-in-law. He was arrested but he tried to escape from the police station.[citation needed] However, the Nigerian army caught him and shot him dead. The day before his death, about 186 people were killed in severe fighting between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram.
Beliefs[edit]

According to the University of California at Santa Cruz's Paul Lubeck, Yusuf received instruction in Salafism and was strongly influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah.[6] In a 2009 BBC interview, Yusuf stated his belief that the concept of a spherical Earth is contrary to Islamic teaching and should be rejected, along with Darwinian evolution, and the concept of rain originating from water evaporated by the sun.[5]