Boko Haram in Retrospect

This article looks at the development of the Nigerian Islamic militant group Boko Haram from an historical perspective and attempts to locate Boko Haram within an historical pattern of dissent and factionalism in Northern Nigerian Islam. It argues that the nineteenth-century jihadist legacy of Uthma...

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Main Author: Azumah, John Alembillah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2015]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2015, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-52
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Muhammad Yusuf
B Wahhabi
B dan Fodio
B jihadist
B Abubakar Shekau
B Izala
B Boko Haram
B Sokoto
B Nigeria
B Ahlus Sunna
B Secularism
B Abubakar Gumi
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)