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Boko Haram: Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency
Virginia Comolli
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Maps
1. Introduction
Research challenges
2. Islam in Nigeria: Historical Background
Usman Dan Fodio’s Jihad
The British colonial era
The path to Sharia
Some reflections on religious identity
3. The Genesis of Radical Groups
Splintering
Transformation
Reform (modernisation)
Formation (creation)
Daawa
Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamâ’ah, Ja’amutu Tajidmul Islami/Islamic Movement of Nigeria[IMN]
Yan Izala
Maitatsine
Conclusion
4. What is Boko Haram?
Where it all started
The sect goes underground
The 2009 turning point
Dead or alive?
Post-Yusuf
The Shakau era—the beginning of the insurgency
Splintering, factionalisation and kidnappings
Suicide attacks
Who are these men?
Funding
5. The Internationalisation of Boko Haram
Borderlands
Cameroon
Niger
Chad
Human security implications
A wild card: the Central African Republic (CAR)
Changing al-Qaeda patterns and Boko Haram’s position in the broader Islamist environment
The 2012–13 Malian civil conflict
Al-Shabaab
Tactical implications of foreign influence
Will Boko Haram become the next al-Qaeda franchise?
6. Government Responses
The military response
A first state of emergency is declared
Between two emergencies
Negotiations and amnesty
A second state of emergency is put in place
Moving beyond JTF ORO
Allegations of human rights abuses
A softer approach
COIN vs CT: What strategy?
Western response
The United States (US)
The United Kingdom (UK)
Canada
7. Conclusions
The Way Ahead?
Epilogue
Appendix: Selected Chronology of Key Events
Notes
Index
Virginia Comolli
Boko Haram: Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency
