Boko Haram
Boko Haram
| Year dem found am | 2002  |
|---|---|
| Designated as terrorist by | United States, United Kingdom |
| Participated in conflict | Boko Haram insurgency, Insurgency in the Maghreb |
| Found by | Mohammed Yusuf, Selim II |
| Position held by head of the organization | Leader of Boko Haram |
| Chairperson | Abubakar Shekau, Mohammed Yusuf |
| Country | Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Borno State, Yobe State |
| Located in time zone | UTC+01:00 |
| Coordinate location | 11°41′2″N 12°57′21″E |
| Political ideology | Islamic terrorism |
| Parent organization or unit | Islamic State |
| Significant event | 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing, December 2011 Nigeria bombings, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping |
Boko Haram, dem officially know as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad[1] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanized: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'),[2] be a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group wey base insyd northeastern Nigeria wey e sanso be active insyd Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, den Mali.[3] Insyd 2016, na de group split, resulting insyd de emergence of a hostile faction dem know as de Islamic State's West Africa Province.
International responses
[edit | edit source]Dates of designation as a terrorist organization
[edit | edit source]| Country/Organization | Date |
|---|---|
| Australia | 26 June 2014[4] |
| Bahrain | [5] |
 Canada |
24 December 2013[6] |
| China | [7] |
| Iraq | [8] |
| Malaysia | 2014[9] |
| New Zealand | March 2014[10] |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 November 2014[11] |
| United Kingdom | 10 July 2013[12][13] |
| United Nations | 22 May 2014[14] |
 United States |
14 November 2013[15] |
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Sayyid Qutb and Nearness With Rafidees: Nawab Safawi Al-Shi'iyy". www.ikhwanis.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "Is Islamic State shaping Boko Haram media?". BBC News. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Bureau of Counterterrorism. "Country Reports on Terrorism 2013". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Listed terrorist organisations, Australian National Security". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Bahrain Terrorist List (individuals – entities)". www.mofa.gov.bh.
- ↑ "Currently listed entities, Public Safety Canada". Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "China pledges help to Nigeria's hunt for Boko Haram militants". South China Morning Post. 8 May 2014.
- ↑ al-Taie, Khalid. "Iraqi government freezes assets of 93 terrorism supporting entities". Diyaruna.
- ↑ "ANTI MONEY ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING, ANTI-TERRORISM FINANCING AND PROCEEDS OF UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES ACT 2001" (PDF). www.moha.gov.my.
- ↑ "New Zealand designates Boko Haram as a terrorist group". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "UAE publishes list of terrorist organisations". Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Proscribed Terrorist Organisations" (PDF). Home Office. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Daily Hansard — Debate 10 July". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Boko Haram to Its Sanctions List". Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Foreign Terrorist Organizations". Bureau of Counterterrorism, United States Department of State. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
Read further
[edit | edit source]- Abimbola Adesoji: "The Boko Haram Uprising and Islamic Revivalism in Nigeria". In: Africa Spectrum 45/2, 2010, pp. 95–108.
- Roman Loimeier: "Boko Haram: The Development of a Militant Religious Movement in Nigeria." In: Africa Spectrum 2–3, 2012, pp. 137–155.
- Freedom C. Onuoha: "The Islamist Challenge. Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis explained" In: African Security Review 19/2, 2010, pp. 54–67.
- Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Boko Haram: Islamism, politics, security and the state in Nigeria (West African Politics and Society Series. No. 2). African Studies Centre, Leiden 2014, ISBN 978-90-5448-135-5.
- J. Peter Pham: "Boko Haram: The strategic evolution of the Islamic State's West African Province." In: The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 7(1), 2016, pp. 1–18, doi:10.1080/21520844.2016.1152571.
- Mike Smith: Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War. I.B. Tauris, London & New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-78453-074-7.
- Alexander Thurston, Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement. Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford 2017.
- Muhammad Sani Umar: "The Popular Discourses of Salafi Radicalism and Counter-Radicalism in Nigeria: A Case Study of Boko Haram." Journal of Religion in Africa 42(2), 2012, pp. 118–144.
- Hillary Matfess. 2017. Women and the War on Boko Haram. University of Chicago Press.
- Ekhomu, Ona (2020). Boko Haram: security considerations and the rise of an insurgency. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-138-56136-6.
- Shah, Radhika. "Al-Qaeda versus Boko Haram: Ideologies, Goals, and Outcomes". International Journal of Security Studies. 1 (1). University of North Georgia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020. – Article 5
- Jacob, J. U. and Akpan, I. (2015). "Silencing Boko Haram: Mobile Phone Blackout and Counterinsurgency in Nigeria's Northeast region", Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 4(1):8, 1–17. doi:10.5334/sta.ey
External links
[edit | edit source]
Boko Haram at Wikipedia's sister projects
- Diffa/Niger : Attacks by Boko Haram (as of 4 October 2015)
- "Boko Haram: Its Beginnings, Principles and Activities in Nigeria" (PDF). Kano, Nigeria: Islamic Studies Department, University of Bayero.
- Counter Extremism Project profile
- "Silencing Boko Haram: Mobile Phone Blackouts and Counterinsurgency in Nigeria's Northeast Region" by Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob & Idorenyin Akpan (March 2015) Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- National Geographic, March 2015 How Northern Nigeria's Violent History Explains Boko Haram
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 United States Department of State
- 'The disease is unbelief': Boko Haram's religious and political worldview By Alex Thurston The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, January 2016
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