The Maitatsine Risings in Nigeria 1980-85: a Revolt of the Disinherited

Boko Haram in northern Nigeria: a Maududian legacy

“…Opinions have been expressed that Boko Haram has links with the 1980 Maitatsine uprising in Kano (Adesoji 2010(Adesoji , 2011Pham 2012, 1;Isichei 1987). This is probably because both their beliefs are not held by majority of Nigerian Muslims (Pham 2012, 1-2).…”

Fundamentalist religious movements : a case study of the Maitatsine movement in Nigeria.

“…It was movement of the "disinherited" as Elisabeth Isichei (1987) called it. They were the disinherited from their hometown, as they were immigrants, and disinherited from the city, as they could not find any work that would realize their dreams of wealth and consumer goods that were so present in the city of Kano.…”

“…The McWorld perspective claims to deliver peace, prosperity, and relative unity at the cost of independence, community, and identity (Barber, 1992). On the other side we have Jihad that delivers a different set of advantages: people find in fundamentalist religious movements psychological and material shelter, support, and a feeling of security (Hiskett 1987, Isichei 1987, Pilaszewicz 1995, a vibrant local identity, a sense of community, solidarity among kinsmen, neighbors, or countrymen. (Barber, 1992).…”

“…However, when one wants to understand the reasons and dynamics behind the emergence of fundamentalist religious movements by looking at the literature in social sciences about them, it become obvious that the analyses are incomplete. There are several approaches toward religious fundamentalist movements but they all have single focus: some approaches acknowledge only economic and political influences on the movements (Hiskett, 1987;Isichei, 1987; and some acknowledge only the internal factors treating religious movements only as social movements (Smith, 1996;Williams 1994). However, fundamentalist religious movements are neither isolated, independent responses to economic, social, or political conditions, nor a response only to micro-level dynamics.…”

“…Those riots were spread throughout the entire area of northern Nigeria. (Hiskett, 1987;Isichei, 1987;Pilaszewicz 1995;Christelow, 1985;FaIola, 1998).…”