Les origines et la transformation de l'insurrection de Boko Haram dans le Nord du Nigeria

Higazi, Adam; Brisset-Foucault, Florence

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“…In January 2012, Boko Haram gave a three-day ultimatum to all Christians to leave Northern Nigeria and summoned all Muslims to leave Southern Nigeria. In this way, the militant group aimed to bring about a sharper division of Nigeria into a northern, Muslim bloc and a southern, Christian enclave (Higazi 2013).…”

Section: Christian–muslim Encounters In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos

Janson¹

2016

Africa

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This article presents an ethnographic case study of Chrislam, a series of religious movements that fuse Christian and Muslim beliefs and practices, in its socio-cultural and political-economic setting in Nigeria's former capital Lagos. In contrast to conventional approaches that study religious movements in Africa as syncretic forms of ‘African Christianity’ or ‘African Islam’, I suggest that ‘syncretism’ is a misleading term to describe Chrislam. In fact, Chrislam provides a rationale for scrutinizing the very concept of syncretism and offers an alternative analytical case for understanding its mode of religious pluralism. To account for the religious plurality in Chrislam, I employ assemblage theory because it proposes novel ways of looking at Chrislam's religious mix that are in line with the way in which its worshippers perceive their religiosity. The underlying idea in Chrislam's assemblage of Christianity and Islam is that to be a Christian or Muslim alone is not enough to guarantee success in this world and the hereafter; therefore, Chrislam worshippers participate in Christian as well as Muslim practices, appropriating the perceived powers of both.

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Section: Christian–muslim Encounters In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos

Janson¹

2016

Africa

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“…Adesoji suggests, though, without much evidence, that Boko Haram is getting support from global jihadist groups and specifically claims ‘affinity with the North Africa branch of Al‐Qaeda’ (2011, 105). The US regional command AFRICOM commander, General Carter Ham, alleged in August 2011 that there are links, at least in aspiration AQIM and al‐Shabaab, based in Somalia (Aghedo and Osumah , 864; Johnson ; Higazi ; Agbiboa ). The connections with the latter are on the basis of a similarity of methods – suicide bombings and video recordings (Cook , 22–3), but these have been used by diverse groups for different purposes.…”

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The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

Elden

2014

Geographical Journal

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The April 2014 kidnapping of the schoolgirls at Chibok, north‐eastern Nigeria, has meant that Boko Haram is now widely discussed by Western governments and in Western media. Yet within Nigeria the group has been well known for several years. Boko Haram's activities, or actions attributed to the group, have developed in a range of ways, many contradictory, including bombings, kidnappings of Europeans within Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon, killing of medical personnel, and overtures for dialogue with the Federal Government. There are recurrent reports of links to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and in the past few years the United States has taken a much more active role in the region. Some of the wider geopolitical issues relate to the French‐led intervention in Mali; a country to which Nigeria has also sent troops. This article tries to disentangle these different questions. It looks first at who Boko Haram are, and their history. It situates the group within the wider context of Nigerian politics, and to discuss the biopolitical and geopolitical elements of their operations and of the actions of the Nigerian security services and other actors towards them. It ends by relating what is happening within and beyond Nigeria to the wider context of the ‘war on terror’.

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“…This is partly because contemporary Jihadism in the region manifests itself through physical violence and armed struggles carried out by groups targeting political and state institutions. Imposing "the rule of Islam" and promising "a just order", Jihadism appeals to youth, and rests primarily on a theological mobilisation that targets specific state institutions (the administration, the military, the 43 Higazi and Brisset-Foucault 2013, Neumann 2013, Sommier 2012, Crettiez 2016, Kundnani 2012. 44 , Crettiez 2016, Crone 2016, Montclos 2016, El-Said 2015, Neumann 2013, Forstenzer 2012, Kundnani 2012, Sommier 2012, Rabasa et al 2010a, Otayek 2000 school system) 45 and authorities.…”

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Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds

2021

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Books carry the names of their editors and authors. This book being the culmination of Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient's research programme from 2008 to 2019, the names in this book only reflect some of the outcomes. Behind them were years of animated academic debate, intense research and multiple cooperations. Consequently, this volume is a collective effort by ZMO colleagues as well as the academic contributors to the conference from which it emerged.Beyond the academic contributors, not all of whom are represented in this volume, there was a dedicated group of people without whom this book might never have been completed. We are particularly grateful to Hannah Newbury for her careful language editing. Nele Brunner and Berenice Brüggemann were indispensable when it came to standardising the different styles of citation. We are very grateful to Dr. Sophie Wagenhofer for her support at De Gruyter. However, without Svenja Becherer's dedicated support, effective oversight and organisational talent, this book would perhaps never have seen the light of day.

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Les origines et la transformation de l'insurrection de Boko Haram dans le Nord du Nigeria

Cited by 45 publications

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Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos

Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos

The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds

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