Causal analysis of radical Islamism in Northern Nigeria's fourth republic

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dc.contributor.authorAnimasawun, G. A
dc.contributor.authorSaka, Luqman
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T14:31:03Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T14:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article attempts an agential explanation of the raison d’eˆ tre for Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram (meaning Western education is forbidden), an Islamist sect that came to public consciousness in 2009 after the extra-judicial killing of its leader. Conceptualising Nigeria as a weak state, the article identifies the failed prebendal relationship between politicians in northern Nigeria and members of Boko Haram, and the extra-judicial killing on 30 July 2009 of Mohammed Yusuf, as agential causations of the current wave of radical Islamism. The article argues for the need to transcend the orthodox interpretation of the current wave of Islamist terrorism being demonstrated by the Nigerian state to a more nuanced approach that pays attention to the essentialist, psychological, political and economic perspectives of Islamist terrorism at the structural and individual levels.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrica Security Reviewen_US
dc.identifier.issnhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2013.833127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1299
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa and Routledge, Francis & Taylor, London, United Kingdomen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 22, Number 4, pp. 1-16, 2013;
dc.subjectShariaen_US
dc.subjectBoko Haramen_US
dc.subjectFourth Republicen_US
dc.subjectIslamismen_US
dc.titleCausal analysis of radical Islamism in Northern Nigeria's fourth republicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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