20 According to the Islamic Supreme Council of America, "Ibn al-Wahhab's brand of purification of Islam consisted of prohibiting many traditionally accepted acts of worship, reverence of the person of the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh), saints, as well as burning books containing traditional prayers, and reinterpretations of law and commentaries on the Qur'an and Hadith"21. There is no doubt that Boko Haram is a terrorist organization that commits its heinous acts in the name of Islam. Is there a link between the influence of Wahhabism and the geographic location of where Boko Haram is in control today? According to Olawale Rasheed, "records show that Wahhabism came to West Africa in the 1930s, through local clerics who had studied at the Al-Azhar religious university in Egypt".22 Muslim Clerics sought to obliterate what they perceived as heresies of non-Wahhabi Muslims. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia heavily financed this brand of Islam moving into other regions that had a historical Sufi presence.23 Close to half a century ago, Mohammed Marwa, the man accredited for the formation of Boko Haram strongly opposed Western culture and its popularity in Nigeria24. Marwa declared that reading any book other than the Qur'an was a sin and a form of pagan worship.25 Marwa began a prohibition on reading the Hadiths or Sunnah.26 While nearing the end of his life, Marwa came to believe that he not Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was Allah's true prophet.27 Boko Haram continues to follow and hold up Marwa's beliefs today, such as the opposition of Western education being taught to Muslims. Wahhabism is seen as a strict sect of Islam because they follow the original laws of the Quran to their own literal interpretation. Boko Haram portrays itself to be a violent military group that has its own interpretation of Islamic rules derived from the Quran and its distinct guidelines.