What's so scary about smart girls?

I'm not sure Boko Haram is a good example for the proposition that educated girls are the worst nightmare for extremists. Boko Haram also attacks boys schools. That's not as newsworthy because they kill the boys right away, so a given attack doesn't become an ongoing incident like it does when they kidnap girls for sex slavery.

They specifically are upset over what they consider to be western education. In particular, they object to schools teaching evolution, that the world is round, and that rain comes from water that evaporates from the oceans. These all contradict their interpretation of their religion.

Later duplicate submission, with more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7736874