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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.

Salafīyah. --- Salafīyah --- Salafiyya --- Islamic sects --- Boko Haram. --- 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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The book analyses the management of the internal displacement caused by activities of Boko Haram's terrorist insurgence in Nigeria. With over 3.1m persons displaced, the humanitarian crisis is at teeter ends with acute malnourishment, inadequate wash and non-relief materials, improper hygiene facilities, and lack of access to basic relief aid for displaced persons. The array of humanitarian organisations belies the concrete living conditions of displaced persons and calls to question the huge resources assumed to be expended on managing the humanitarian crisis in the northeast of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin in general. Based on ethnographic research in IDP camps, the book chronicles the concrete living conditions of displaced persons and argues that IDPs in Northeastern Nigeria have been victimised first by Boko Haram's terrorism, and then victimised again by inefficient, un-coordinated, and unsuitable displacement management programs. This book also explicate the roles played by the Nigerian government and international aid agencies in managing this displacement, vis-à-vis a comparative analysis of similar, but better managed displacement situations in Kenya, Lebanon, and Turkey. Dr. Medinat Abdulazeez Malefakis is a Fellow at Collegium Helveticum Zurich, Switzerland. She is also the Nigeria Consultant at Global Survivors Fund and Independent Review Panel Member at Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.

Migration, Internal --- Boko Haram. --- Nigeria --- Social conditions --- Politics and government --- Internal migration --- Mobility --- Population geography --- Internal migrants --- 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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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.

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

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This book focuses on Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, framing the conflict in an international law context. It analyses the nature of political violence and the dominant roles of a violent nation-state (in both colonial and post-colonial experiences) and the rise of terrorism in Nigeria. The book unearths embedded evidence of religious nepotism on the part of state officials using such state institutions as Islamic Preaching Boards to promote one Islamic sect over another in mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria. The book offers insights into this subtle sectarian divide and how this and other ‘subterranean’ elements have contributed to the rise of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria beyond the dominant poverty-terrorism nexus narrative. Furthermore, the book analyses the various components of Boko Haram’s radical ideology, situates them in Islamic Jurisprudence, and examines the philosophy of the group (both in doctrine and practice) – their interpretation of the Koran and the waging of Jihad, and the extent to which they conform to the Islamic Sect Boko Haram claims to follow. The book then examines the basic doctrinal features and characteristics of Boko Haram – waging Jihad, prohibiting revealing dresses for women and mixing of genders, rejecting western values and institutions, denouncing scientific inquiry and democracy, hostage taking, sexual exploitation of captives and other aspects of jus ad bellum and jus in bello in Islamic jurisprudence and international law. Finally, the book analyses the plight of vulnerable groups such as internally displaced persons, the atrocities committed against women and girls in the Boko Haram insurgency and the (in)ability of international law to enforce the protections offered to the victims. From the perspective of critical intellectual inquiry, the book also challenges a number of fundamental assumptions and encourages us to revisit our legal characterisation of certain concepts such as “gender-based crimes”. It then goes further to analyse some legal grey areas in the Boko Haram insurgency such as the legal status of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and the legal framework for holding members accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Overall, the book represents a valuable contribution to scholarship, deepens our understanding and delineates how international law could respond to the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in particular and terrorism in Africa in general.

Law. --- Law --- International law. --- Human rights. --- International humanitarian law. --- International criminal law. --- Human Rights. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- International Criminal Law. --- Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- International law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Jurisprudence --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Legislation --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- Boko Haram. --- 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 --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad) --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- International Criminal Law . --- Law—Philosophy.

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This book offers an innovative contribution to the literature on digital activism and cyberconflicts. Analysing sociopolitical and ethnoreligious conflicts within an African-centred context, the author uses Nigeria as a lens to understand the digital and organisational aspects of digital media uses in the Occupy Nigeria movement protest, the Boko Haram conflict and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) conflict. Timely, in a period of intense conflict across the globe, the author employs an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the Cyberconflict Framework to examine conflicts emerging in computer-mediated environments. Examining the implications for socio-political and economic reform and change, the cases explored provide a snapshot of the emerging digital culture of conflict. The book contributes to existing knowledge by bridging the gap in the literature on digital activism and conflict as a field of study.

Social media --- Internet and activism --- Political aspects. --- Activism and the Internet --- Social participation --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- Protest movements --- Language Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies. --- Communication studies. --- Political aspects --- Social movements --- Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. --- Boko Haram. --- Nigeria. --- MEND --- 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 --- Activism