Al-Azhar Al-Sharif condemns the terrorist attacks by gunmen from the group of Boko Haram on several towns northeast of Nigeria that killed more than 40 people and wounded dozens. Al-Azhar Al-Sharif asserts that what these groups are doing from killing, slaughtering and terrorizing the innocents along with targeting the children and women, violates the tolerant teachings of Islam, which rejects all forms of violence and terrorism. Al-Azhar Al-Sharif stresses on the need for concerted international efforts to address these extremist groups. It also calls for the Nigerian authorities to pursue these criminals, prosecute and them.