Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamist insurgency, Virginia Comolli

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Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamist insurgency, Virginia Comolli

Title remainder

Nigeria's Islamist insurgency

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Virginia Comolli

Instantiates

• Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamist insurgency

Publication

• London, Hurst & Company, 2015

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-228) and index

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Contents

• The Genesis of Radical Groups
• Splintering
• Transformation
• Reform (modernisation)
• Formation (creation)
• Daawa
• Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah, Ja'amutu Tajidmul Islami/Islamic Movement of Nigeria[IMN]
• Yan Izala
• Maitatsine
• Conclusion
• Research challenges
• 4.
• What is Boko Haram?
• Where it all started
• The sect goes underground
• The 2009 turning point
• Dead or alive?
• Post-Yusuf
• The Shakau era -- the beginning of the insurgency
• Splintering, factionalisation and kidnappings
• Suicide attacks
• 2.
• Who are these men?
• Funding
• 5.
• The Internationalisation of Boko Haram
• Borderlands
• Cameroon
• Niger
• Chad
• Human security implications
• A wild card: the Central African Republic (CAR)
• Islam in Nigeria: Historical Background
• Changing al-Qaeda patterns and Boko Haram's position in the broader Islamist environment
• The 2012 -- 13 Malian civil conflict
• Al-Shabaab
• Tactical implications of foreign influence
• Will Boko Haram become the next al-Qaeda franchise?
• 6.
• Government Responses
• The military response
• A first state of emergency is declared
• Between two emergencies
• Usman Dan Fodio's Jihad
• Negotiations and amnesty
• A second state of emergency is put in place
• Moving beyond JTF ORO
• Allegations of human rights abuses
• A softer approach
• COIN vs CT: What strategy?
• Western response
• The United States (US)
• The United Kingdom (UK)
• Canada
• The British colonial era
• 7.
• Conclusions
• The Way Ahead?
• The path to Sharia
• Some reflections on religious identity
• 3.

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FIEb17697116

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23 cm.

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vii, 239 pages

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9781849044912

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u313964

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(OCoLC)888555074