. . "Boko Haram, which calls itself Wil\u0101yat Gharb Ifr\u012Bq\u012Byyah (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064A\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064A\u0629 \u063A\u0631\u0628 \u0623\u0641\u0631\u064A\u0642\u064A\u0627\u200E, (Islamic State's) West Africa Province, ISWAP), and Jam\u0101'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jih\u0101d' (Arabic: \u062C\u0645\u0627\u0639\u0629 \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062F\u0639\u0648\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062C\u0647\u0627\u062F\u200E, \"Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad\"), is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. The group's leader is Abubakar Shekau."@en . .