The Boko Haram reader : from Nigerian preachers to the Islamic State / Abdulbasit Kassim and Michael Nwankpa.
Contributor(s): Kassim, Abdulbasit [editor.] | Nwankpa, Michael [editor.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190943189 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Boko Haram | Islamic fundamentalism -- Nigeria | Terrorism -- NigeriaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190908300DDC classification: 320.5570966909051 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Since it erupted onto the world stage in 2009, people have asked, what is Boko Haram, and what does it stand for? Is there a coherent vision or set of beliefs behind it? Despite the growing literature about the group, few if any attempts have been made to answer these questions, even though Boko Haram is but the latest in a long line of millenarian Muslim reform groups to emerge in Northern Nigeria over the last two centuries. 'The Boko Haram Reader' offers an unprecedented collection of essential texts, documents, videos, audio, and nashids (martial hymns), translated into English from Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri, tracing the group's origins, history, and evolution.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Since it erupted onto the world stage in 2009, people have asked, what is Boko Haram, and what does it stand for? Is there a coherent vision or set of beliefs behind it? Despite the growing literature about the group, few if any attempts have been made to answer these questions, even though Boko Haram is but the latest in a long line of millenarian Muslim reform groups to emerge in Northern Nigeria over the last two centuries. 'The Boko Haram Reader' offers an unprecedented collection of essential texts, documents, videos, audio, and nashids (martial hymns), translated into English from Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri, tracing the group's origins, history, and evolution.
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