Introduction Today, terrorism is among the foremost issues troubling the world. Most terrorist groups are the root cause of death and destruction of property worth millions. Mainly, most terrorist groups place their belief in religion, Islam to be more specific. Though the Islamic faith is quick to separate itself from such terrorist groups, it is clear that all trace their roots to their faith. Most terrorist groups were mainly situated in the Arab world, in the Middle East. However, they have evolved and today they are beginning to take root in the world particularly in Africa. The Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram are clear examples of terrorist groups in Africa. Boko Haram in particular has been a juggernaut for the Nigerian government and the world at large. Their most recent abduction of 276 schoolchildren is a clear indication of their strength (Smith 11). As such, this paper will focus on the Boko Haram. Key to the analysis is its beginnings and history and its activities across the world. More importantly is the ways to try to deal with the growing Boko Haram Society. History Boko Haram’s origin and development can be traced to the year 2002. At the time, Yusuf Mohammed was a Muslim cleric who was extremely radical. He was opposed to the western faith which he described as Haram and the root cause of the troubles in Nigeria. He began teaching youth on the effects that western culture had on them. A number of factors were responsible for the success of Yusuf’s
The Boko Haram sect in Nigeria has been a huge problem for the country in the past, and the threat is only growing. This group is considered responsible for a handful of government attacks, targets on the United Nations, and often churches who undermine the Islamic religion. Their actions have spawned from the idea that their country is controlled by “fake Muslims”, and aim to create an Islamic nation ruled with Sharia law.
Boko Haram are motivated by a Jihadist version of Islam and is believed to be believers of the one true interpretation of the (Brinkel & Ait-Hida, 2012, p. 16). Their ultimate goal to create a true Islamic state in Nigeria directly associated with Sharia law. (Chothia, 2015, p. 5). The group has maintained their secrecy and the authorities have yet to be captured by law enforcement. Boko Haram is seen to have many basic views including their religious motivations, political downfall, and their extreme actions taken on the people of Nigeria. Boko
The Al-Shabaab is regarded as one of the most dangerous African terrorist organizations. Al-Shabaab is a multiethnic militant group out of Somalia that uses many terrorist tactics in attempts to gain control over the country of Somalia. They use many forms of terrorism that include ideological revolutionary, dissident, and nationalist terrorism, as they have the motive to gain power over a territory by overthrowing the government. The Al-Shabaab is suspected to have taken part in many terrorist attacks, including the 1998 United States embassies bombings. The motive behind their violence is their goal of creating an Islamic state in Somalia, which they believe is morally justified by the ideological beliefs. An important psychological
Al-Shabaab as a terrorist group poses a significant threat in Somalia and in the global community. This paper will start by discussing the background. In this part the paper will show how the group has evolved from Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI) to the Islamic Court Union (ICU) and lastly to Al-Shabaab. Before discussing the group’s threat of national security, homeland and international, this paper will provide the conceptual meaning of key terminology, such as national security, homeland security, international security and globalization. It is important to understand these concepts before moving toward the main argument of the paper. After providing the framework for key concepts, the paper will discuss the group’s threat to Somalia in two areas, national security and homeland security. The paper will go further and identify the threats posed by the group on other nations’ homeland security and international security. We will use East African countries and the United States examples. The paper will provide evidence to support how globalization has shaped and fueled the threats from Al-Shabaab. It will then discuss the primary response from the United States and from African countries through AMISOM. The paper will provide the way forward and suggestions for the response of the international community to Al-Shabaab. In conclusion, we will try to alert the international community that although the group has been experience hard times in Somalia, it is unwise to
Both of these events that occurred in human history caused seriously traumatic impact to the citizens, who were surrounded by all the destruction, devastation, and mayhem that resulted from it. In similar cases like these, violence is clearly not the answer. The reason being because so many innocent people get hurt and they are mostly the people who would never cause any harm in the first place. In the situation of Boko Haram and his beliefs, he wanted a nation that was entirely Islam and any country or person who was against it was his enemy, which resulted in most of the Nigerian population being eliminated from existence. In relation is the Holocaust, which had Germans disliking Jews because they were seen as “inferior” towards the Germans
The article discusses the fact that the U.S. Military believes that two of the largest,most well known, and feared terrorist groups are joining forces; Boko Haram and ISIS. It goes into detail about the tactics used by Boko Haram and how unethical these tactics are such as strapping explosives to birds and having children deliver the explosives to markets. They believe that the two terrorist groups are beginning to get more close so they can plan attacks against American allies that are located in North and Central Africa. Boko Haram has already pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) but now it looks like they'll join forces in combat and there's no telling what they could do
Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist terrorist group - based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger, and northern Cameroon - who began to emerge in between the years 2002-2003, most known for kidnapping school girls, with the intent of raping them, making them brides or making them commit suicide-terrorist attacks, the suicide attacks have taken place in mosques and colleges.
The militant group’s funding comes from a variety of organized crime and donations, cyber scams, fake charities, kidnapping, bank robbery, and theft from Nigeria’s security establishment. The group has received financial support from al Qaeda and other African governments. Central to Boko Haram’s approach includes using hard-to-track human couriers to move cash, relying on local funding sources, such as local governments, and engaging in only limited financial relationships with other extremist groups.1 They recruit as many Islamic extremist groups recruit, by radicalizing boys and young men who have failed at something or seek a higher purpose in life. The group’s recruitment methods have changed in recent years; more recruits are forcibly
Who is the Boko Haram? What do they want? What is their reason for everything they do? Well in this easy I’ll answer almost close to everything about the Boko Haram. Like how they get their firearms? Why do they hate the fact that girls go to school? Who really is funding the Boko Haram? Has the United States of America ever try to get in their way? What are their views of the world? What does the boko haram think of the United States of America? Do they hate America or have they ever tried to attack us? In this easy I’ll answer these and more.
Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group based in northeastern Nigeria, but is also active in northern Cameroon, Chad, and Niger (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Their main purpose as an organization is to institute Sharia, which is known as Islamic law (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). In the local Hausa dialect, one of the largest ethnic groups spoken in West Africa, Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden” (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). The group is also referred to as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, meaning “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad” (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Boko Haram militants mostly live in areas in the northern states of Nigeria, specifically Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, and Yobe (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Initially, Boko Haram was referred to as the Nigerian Taliban due to their religious similarities to the Taliban (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Boko Haram does not participate in Nigeria’s political system out of an adherence to a fundamentalist form of Islam, which prohibits contribution unless the system is based on Sharia, or Islamic law (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Because of Boko Haram’s intention to create a nation that is entirely Islam, he has caused numerous attacks and deaths in Nigeria since 2009 (“Boko Haram Fast Facts” 1). Since then, the devastation that Boko Haram has caused in Africa’s most populous country in order to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state is similar to
While at first tranquil and addressing a standard of withdrawal from what they saw as a savage Nigerian state, Boko Haram continuously involved with gatherings with security compels over adjacent verbal confrontation and got the opportunity to be more radical and furious. Since 2009, the gathering has finished logically lethal attacks on a far reaching assortment of targets. Nevertheless, notwithstanding clear associations with worldwide terrorist affiliations, particularly al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), various the bunch 's grievances are prodded by
The African Continent has had numerous problems in the last century that have caused low development, low hygiene, and high death rates. These problems include finances, lack of clean food and water, poor weather, diseases, and terrorist attacks. All of these problems can cause death, poverty, or a need to emigrate from the area. For years these problems have made it difficult to develop these countries to enable them to help their citizens and vanquish these problems. Terrorism is a large threat to Africa, but mainly in Western Africa, due to the large group known as Boko Haram. Boko Haram has done mass abductions, displaced millions from their homes, and killed thousands. To understand how Boko Haram effects Africa one must be familiar with their history and attacks,tactics and strategy, and their organization and recruitment.
With the traumatic events that occurred on November 13th, 2015, many politicians and media hosts have responded by attacking the religion of Islam as well as the groups that perpetrated these events. Often referring to the beliefs held by groups—such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram—as a radical and medieval version of Islam, these individuals are not wrong in a sense, but rather they are failing to notice that no ancient religion is peaceful or nonviolent. It is true that the beliefs that are held by members of terrorist groups are archaic, but it isn’t because the culture and system of modern Islam is medieval in itself, but because the terrorists that are perpetrating these are attacks are modern fanatics of the olden days. If one were to look at another major religion’s history, such as Christianity, one would notice that there have been similar moments of religious fanaticism through acts such as the Crusades.
Boko Haram is a terrorist group that primarily has its stronghold in Nigeria. It consists of a rough group of barbaric Muslims that are terrorizing the villages over the area. This group frequently kidnaps girls from well-educated westernized villages to keep them from education because according to Sharia law, which is the Islamic religion, ladies should be illiterate, and should be stay at home moms, with their kids. These events, deeply trouble villages, and vulnerable places of attacks. Boko Haram frequently uses the abducted girls as suicide bombers. This terroristic group is known to be a very secretive and stealthy group. Aside from Nigeria “Locations impacted include the states put under the state of emergency in 2011, including Borno, Niger, Plateau, and Yobe. In May 2013, a state of emergency was again declared in the states Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe.”(Bumgardner, J.) Boko Haram is an uncontrolled, pass the limits gang of that follows teachings of Muhammed over and beyond what they should be doing and have lost their sense of reason. It started in 2002 when Muhammed Usuf led a group of very radical extremist. The government of Nigeria tried to put a stop to it by having Muhammed executed in July 2009. They have since in September of 2015 had all Boko Haram Camps destroyed. The key plan to have Boko Haram annihilated completely is that the Nigerian government should increase their militia and should give their militia more intuition and enthusiasm to go about
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