Whenever there is a serious crime against humanity or a crime committed by a religious group, we often think about how serious the acts were and look at who to blame, rarely let's look at what positive impacts the established acts have had as a result of the action. In this article I will look at what Boko Haram did in Nigeria and what kind of positive impacts occurred afterwards as well as their search for national identity. Nigeria is a constitutional republic in West Africa. The majority of its citizens are Muslims (50.5%) and Christians (48.2%), the rest belong to other minor local religions. Because of this great diversity of religious viewpoints, many Nigerian citizens do not identify as people. Since this attack Boko Haram has regularly targeted law enforcement, religious groups and government buildings that go against their own beliefs. Strangely, Boko Haram members see themselves as someone seeking compensation and never as perpetrators. Boko Haram's “trademark” when it comes to the way it attacks religious leaders (both Muslim and Christian), law enforcement, people, etc. it's the armed men on motorcycles and the attacks. Following the killing of their leader Muhammad Yusuf in 2009, Boko Haram intensified their attacks in both frequency and severity. From 2009 to date, Boko Haram has single-handedly killed more than a thousand innocent people and property worth over a million naira (about $5,000) according to Salaam. Considering that the average income in Nigeria (monthly) to survive is 135,000 Naira (about 678 USD) one million Naira is a lot. According to Salaam, Boko Haram attacks included these places in Nigeria: Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Plateau and Yobe, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. (Salaam 2012). The type of attacks that is most prominent and receives the most media attention is the abduction of schoolgirls, mainly from girls' schools in the North