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An introduction to Islam
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ISBN: 0521539064 0521831415 1316223817 1316223418 0511801033 Year: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This wide-ranging account of the history and theology of one of the world's most dynamic religions tells the story of Islamic beliefs and practices as they developed from the earliest times down to the present day. For this revised and updated second edition, David Waines has added a long section tackling head-on the issues arising from Islam's place in the changing world order at the turn of the new millennium. The wars in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Israel, and the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, have raised global awareness of Islam at a superficial level - but little has been written which considers Islamic political and military extremism in relation to mainstream Muslim history and theology. Coming at the end of a book which has explored the ideas and traditions of Islam in depth, this new section offers thought-provoking reflections on the place of religion in the current conflicts.


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Kimbanguism : An African Understanding of the Bible
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ISBN: 9780271079684 9780271079707 0271079703 9780271077550 0271077557 0271079681 Year: 2017 Publisher: University Park, PA Penn State University Press

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"A comprehensive study of Kimbanguism, founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921. Compares it to other African-initiated churches, and examines its role, alongside other global religious movements, in Black liberation"--Provided by publisher.


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Simon Kimbangu, prophète et martyr zaïrois
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ISBN: 2858090793 9782858090792 Year: 1978 Volume: *3 Publisher: Paris: ABC,

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En 1921, rien d'exceptionnel ne semblait prédisposer Simon Kimbangu à jouer un rôle d'éveilleur des consciences des populations d'Afrique centrale, particulièrement celles de Kinshasa et Brazzaville, à devenir le prophète dont le renom a attiré des foules immenses, le prêcheur dont l'action a abouti à la création d'une Eglise moderne. Condamné à mort en 1921, gracié par le roi des Belges, déporté au Katanga, Kimbangu pourrit trente années en prison, jusqu'en 1951.


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Salafism in Nigeria : Islam, preaching, and politics
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ISBN: 1316777464 1316777901 1316661989 1316778126 1316778789 1107157439 1316610195 131677614X 1316777685 9781316778562 1316778568 9781316778784 9781316778128 9781316661987 9781107157439 9781316610190 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The spectre of Boko Haram and its activities in Nigeria dominates both media and academic analysis of Islam in the region. But, as Alexander Thurston argues here, beyond the sensational headlines this group generates, the dynamics of Muslim life in northern Nigeria remain poorly understood. Drawing on interviews with leading Salafis in Nigeria as well as on a rereading of the history of the global Salafi movement, this volume explores how a canon of classical and contemporary texts defines Salafism. Examining how these texts are interpreted and - crucially - who it is that has the authority to do so, Thurston offers a systematic analysis of curricula taught in Saudi Arabia and how they shape religious scholars' approach to religion and education once they return to Africa. Essential for scholars of religion and politics, this unique text explores how the canon of Salafism has been used and refined, from Nigeria's return to democracy to the jihadist movement Boko Haram.


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The Boko Haram reader : from Nigerian preachers to the Islamic state.
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ISBN: 0190943181 019093476X Year: 2019 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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Since it erupted onto the world stage in 2009, people have asked, what is Boko Haram, and what does it stand for? Is there a coherent vision or set of beliefs behind it? Despite the growing literature about the group, few if any attempts have been made to answer these questions, even though Boko Haram is but the latest in a long line of millenarian Muslim reform groups to emerge in Northern Nigeria over the last two centuries. 'The Boko Haram Reader' offers an unprecedented collection of essential texts, documents, videos, audio, and nashids (martial hymns), translated into English from Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri, tracing the group's origins, history, and evolution.


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Ten Years of Boko Haram in Nigeria : The Dynamics and Counterinsurgency Challenges
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ISBN: 3031227697 3031227689 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan,

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This book provides a contemporary overview of Boko Haram's activities. Since Boko Haram emerged in 2002, media-driven narratives as well as social scientific methodologies have been increasingly applied to draw generalisable conclusions on what goals the groups have pursued, what strategies it has used for these purposes and the counter campaign strategies authorities have pursued. But from 2009 to 2018, Boko Haram has pursued high-intensity violence: assassinations, bombing, kidnappings, beheading or threats of violence, conscriptions and territorial occupation. This makes it imperative to deepen and broaden our understanding of the groups’ activities toward a problem-solving and policy-relevant analysis. Previously published in Security Journal Volume 33, issue 3, September 2020.


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Boko Haram : The Socio-Economic Drivers
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ISBN: 9783319212302 331921229X 9783319212296 3319212303 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book investigates the socio-economic determinants of the emergence and persistence of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Since 2009, Boko Haram continues to capture mainstream news headlines, as well as the imagination of aspiring young Salafi-jihadists around the world who support the notion of a radical Islamist socio-political system. By providing an essential overview of the literature on Boko Haram and bridging research and current events, the authors cover a broad spectrum of topics and suggest relevant policies for addressing the problem of Boko Haram terrorism. While Boko Haram’s motivations are ostensibly religious, the primary focus is on socio-economic inequality as one of the main factors that predispose the disillusioned, poverty-driven and jobless populace in the northern regions of Nigeria to take up arms against the state. The insights presented in this book will help researchers and policy-makers alike to understand the emergence of locally focused terrorist groups and insurgencies.

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Social Sciences. --- Political Economy. --- International Relations. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- Criminology & Criminal Justice. --- Social sciences. --- Criminology. --- Sciences sociales --- Criminologie --- Boko Haram. --- Terrorism -- Economic aspects -- Nigeria. --- Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Nigeria. --- Terrorism -- Social aspects -- Nigeria. --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Science Theory --- Terrorism --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Prevention --- Government policy --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- BH (Boko Haram) --- Boko Harram --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah li-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah lil-Daʻwatihi wa-al-Jihād --- Jamaʼatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaʼawati Wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- Political science. --- Political economy. --- International relations. --- International humanitarian law. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- State, The --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad) --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- International Political Economy. --- Crime --- Criminals --- Study and teaching --- Economics.


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A machine learning based model of Boko Haram
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ISBN: 3030606147 3030606139 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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This is the first study of Boko Haram that brings advanced data-driven, machine learning models to both learn models capable of predicting a wide range of attacks carried out by Boko Haram, as well as develop data-driven policies to shape Boko Haram’s behavior and reduce attacks by them. This book also identifies conditions that predict sexual violence, suicide bombings and attempted bombings, abduction, arson, looting, and targeting of government officials and security installations. After reducing Boko Haram’s history to a spreadsheet containing monthly information about different types of attacks and different circumstances prevailing over a 9 year period, this book introduces Temporal Probabilistic (TP) rules that can be automatically learned from data and are easy to explain to policy makers and security experts. This book additionally reports on over 1 year of forecasts made using the model in order to validate predictive accuracy. It also introduces a policy computation method to rein in Boko Haram’s attacks. Applied machine learning researchers, machine learning experts and predictive modeling experts agree that this book is a valuable learning asset. Counter-terrorism experts, national and international security experts, public policy experts and Africa experts will also agree this book is a valuable learning tool.

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Machine learning. --- Data mining. --- Terrorism. --- Political violence. --- Machine Learning. --- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. --- Terrorism and Political Violence. --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Algorithmic knowledge discovery --- Factual data analysis --- KDD (Information retrieval) --- Knowledge discovery in data --- Knowledge discovery in databases --- Mining, Data --- Database searching --- Learning, Machine --- Artificial intelligence --- Machine theory --- Forecasting. --- Prevention. --- Boko Haram. --- Anti-terrorism --- Antiterrorism --- Counter-terrorism --- Counterterrorism --- BH (Boko Haram) --- Boko Harram --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah li-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah lil-Daʻwatihi wa-al-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamaat Ahlussunah lid-Dawa wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaʼawati Wal-Jihad --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Lidawatti wal Jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad) --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- Yusufiya --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- Islamic State in West Africa Province --- Ansaru


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Overcoming Boko Haram : faith, society & Islamic radicalization in Northern Nigeria
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ISBN: 178744659X 1787449548 1847012396 9781847012395 Year: 2020 Publisher: Woodbridge : James Currey,

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A comparative, whole-of-society approach to the Boko Haram insurgency that offers a more nuanced understanding of the risks, resilience and resolution of violent radicalization in Nigeria and beyond.

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Violence --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Fundamentalism, Islamic --- Islamism --- Islam --- Religious fundamentalism --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Religious aspects --- Boko Haram. --- Boko Haram. --- 2000-2099 --- Nigeria. --- BH (Boko Haram) --- Boko Harram --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah li-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah lil-Daʻwatihi wa-al-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamaat Ahlussunah lid-Dawa wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaʼawati Wal-Jihad --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Lidawatti wal Jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad) --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- Yusufiya --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- Islamic State in West Africa Province --- Ansaru --- Bundesrepublik Nigeria --- Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria --- Federal Republic of Nigeria --- Federation of Nigeria --- Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya --- Nai-chi-li-ya --- Naijeria --- Nigeria --- Nigeria (Federation) --- Nigerii͡ --- Nigerija --- Nigeryah --- Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríy --- Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjírí --- Republic of Nigeria --- African Society. --- African Terrorism. --- Conflict. --- Cultural Transformation. --- Extremism. --- Extremist Groups. --- Faith. --- Insurgency. --- Islamic Radicalization. --- Islamic radicalization. --- Northern Nigeria. --- Radicalization. --- Religious Extremism. --- Society. --- Terrorism. --- Violence. --- conflict analysis. --- insurgency. --- multicultural challenges. --- northern Nigeria. --- sustainable solutions. --- transnational elite. --- violent extremism.

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