The Boko Haram reader : from Nigerian preachers to the Islamic State / Abdulbasit Kassim, Michael Nwankpa (editors) ; with an introduction by Professor David Cook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

Kassim, Abdulbasit, editor, translator.

Nwankpa, Michael, editor.

Cook, David, 1966- writer of introduction, translator.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

Arabic

English

Hausa

Kanuri

Subjects (All):

Boko Haram.

Islamic fundamentalism--Nigeria.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Terrorism--Nigeria.

Terrorism.

Salafīyah--Nigeria.

Salafīyah.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 529 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; 1. Introduction; Research challenges; 2. Islam in Nigeria: Historical Background; Usman Dan Fodio's Jihad; The British colonial era; The path to Sharia; Some reflections on religious identity; 3. The Genesis of Radical Groups; Splintering; Transformation; Reform (modernisation); Formation (creation); Daawa; Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamâ'ah, Ja'amutu Tajidmul Islami/Islamic Movement of Nigeria[IMN]; Yan Izala; Maitatsine; Conclusion; 4. What is Boko Haram?; Where it all started; The sect goes underground; The 2009 turning point

Dead or alive?Post-Yusuf; The Shekau era-the beginning of the insurgency; Splintering, factionalisation and kidnappings; Suicide attacks; 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); 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 responseA first state of emergency is declared; Between two emergencies; 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; 7. Conclusions; The Way Ahead?; Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Chronology of Key Events; Notes; Index

Notes:

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-515) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Kassim, Abdulbasit The Boko Haram Reader : From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State

ISBN:

9780190934767

019093476X

Publisher Number:

99977415825

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.