Boko Haram along with 16 others in exchange for a ransom of $3.15 million. As well as extortion from local residents, Boko Haram has claimed to extort money from local state governments. A spokesman of Boko Haram claimed that Kano state governor Ibrahim Shekarau and Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda had paid them monthly. It has long been alleged that Boko Haram had a relationship with al-Qaeda. In 2011, letters from Boko Haram were reportedly found in bin Laden's compound. Three weeks after the 2009 Boko Haram uprising began, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb expressed sympathy for Boko Haram. Speaking by phone
One Day in the Haram Key scenes include a focus on the social media of the haram, the cleaning department, the Imams, ZamZam water, religious affairs, maintenance, IT department, and the Kiswah cloth. The film is introduced by the President of the Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais. The production crew for "One Day in the Haram" consisted of two camera units and 25 crew members overall. The film was shot on the Arri Alexa Mini and a mixture of Fujinon zoom lenses and Zeiss CP2 prime lenses. The film was shot at 4K resolution, with many sequences filmed in slo-motion