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The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 drew the world's attention to the previously little-known extremist group Boko Haram. Numerous questions followed, among them: Where did Boko Haram come from? What explains the rise of this militant Islamic group and its increasingly violent actions? What is its relationship to the Islamic State? Jacob Zenn addresses these questions in his detailed chronicle of the foundation of Boko Haram, its strategy and tactics, and its evolution as a global Jihadist movement. Drawing on exclusive interviews and extensive primary sources in Arabic and Hausa, Zenn reveals the group's inner workings and the dynamics of its trajectory.

Geopolitics --- Religious aspects. --- Jihad --- Islamic fundamentalism - Nigeria --- Terrorist organizations - Nigeria --- Violence - Religious aspects - Islam --- Geopolitics - Religious aspects - Islam --- Islam and state - Nigeria --- Boko Haram --- Islamic State in West Africa Province. --- Ansaru. --- History. --- IS (Organization). --- ISIS Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyya --- Islamic State in West Africa --- Islamic State's West Africa Province --- ISISWAP/Boko Haram --- ISWA --- ISWAP --- West Africa Province (IS (Organization)) --- Wilāyat al-Sūdān al-Gharbī --- Wilayat Garb Ifriqiyah --- Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyya --- ولاية السودان الغربي --- ولاية غرب افريقيا --- 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 --- Jamaʻat Anṣār al-Muslimīn fī Bilād al-Sudān --- Jamaat Ansarul Musilimin fi Biladis Sudan --- جماعة انصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Terrorist organizations --- Violence --- Islam and state