Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamist insurgency / Virginia Comolli.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Comolli, Virginia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Hurst & Company, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 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-Jama'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 Shakau 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 response
  • A 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?