Boko Haram : A Deadly Mission

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 CNN Investigations article entitled “Chérif and Saïd Kouachi: Their path to terror” states that the brothers were young, confused men trying to find their way in life. The article reports that the men were practically orphaned, left on their own to create their futures based on whatever guidance they received. Unfortunately, the men were victims of propaganda and were easily influenced by local jihadists who shared similar pasts. The article goes on to build on the fact that the men were more than often overlooked by society, and only felt their calling when one opportunistic Farid Benyettou mentored the once non-religious men into believing in Jihadism and discovering their so called “roots” as Muslims.

This article is about the mistreatment of people fleeing from Boko Haram who thought that the Nigerian soldiers would save them. As hundreds flee from Boko Haram claimed territories, Nigerian soldiers are picking them up and holding them as prisoners in detention centers, claiming to be trying to protect others from extremist claiming to be victims. This has lead to some accusations of mistreatment because these detention centers are holding men, women, and infants for months on end in unsanitary and unsafe areas. The article then explains that the Nigerian government and army are being accused of being too extreme in its persistence and ways of trying to eliminate Boko Haram. While Nigeria is struggling to handle the threat that is Boko Haram,

This article was about the Nigerian school girls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram about two years ago. The author wrote about how the search for the girls isn’t over as well as how the girls rescues are being planned, but the military and government officials from America are afraid that if they attempt to rescue one group of the girls the other will suffer because of it. African officials are afraid that Boko Haram is making the school girls become suicide bombers or giving them the option to become suicide bombers to escape the lives they are facing. They believe that the girls are choosing to be suicide bombers to escape the lives of being trapped, used for childbearing and abused that they have been forced into.

If Al-Shabaab notices an individual that they think will benefit them and help their cause, they will threaten the individual into joining the organization (NCTC, 2013). This is an example of the Al-Shabaab using the rational selection method to select specific members. However, lower ranking members and solders of Al-Shabaab are more concerned about nationalist matters in hopes of gaining control of their territory, compared to its leaders, which are focused on the global jihad. It is reported that the lower ranking members of Al-Shabaab will sometimes shift alliances and turn on Al-Shabaab. This is an example of intergroup conflict within Al-Shabaab. If the members of the organization do switch sides, Al-Shabaab is powerful enough to manipulate that clan network and absorbing them. This makes Al-Shabaab more powerful and gains a significantly more amount of members at the cost of one. Al-Shabaab keeps their head internal leader unclear, although it’s leadership as a whole eventually falls upon Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s leader. Though it seems that Al-Shabaab tends to no comply with Ayman al-Zawahiri at all times. In 2010, Ayman al-Zawahiri replaced Al-Shabaab’s Emir, title of a Muslim ruler, Moktar Ali Zubeyr “Godane”, who is regarded as Al-Shabaab’s Emir, with Ibrahim Haji Jama. However, Godane refused this notion and continued on to be the organizations ruler.

In Northeast Nigeria, where the book Things Fall Apart takes place, the terrorist group Boko Haram is constantly causing the governrnent trouble. Whether it’s when they kidnapped over 200 girls from a school, kidnapped and trained child soldiers, or just this March attempted to bomb a Mosque. Not to mention how Polio and malnutrition are indirectly being worsened by the group. However, the similarity to 20th century Umuofia is uncanny. This is because both Boko Haram and the Igbo share the same fight, that against western culture. Boko Haram actually translates to Western education is a sin. Although it’s not their full, official name, it is it’s slang name and what the media uses. Consisting of muslims the group has many differing beliefs to all of Western society, largely gender related. Not all people share equal rights, another struggle that also occurs in the book. In conclusion, Through this group, although they are terrorists and the Igbo were not, you can see that people are still fighting against the same change in that area, even if it’s under a different

They first caught the world 's attention when they raided a boarding school in a town on the edge of nigeria’s border called Chibok. During the raid, approximately 300 nigerian school girls were taken hostage by Boko Haram, and were threatened with forced marriage and forced conversion. This is one of the few acts of violence that Boko Haram have committed against society. Since May 2011, 6,742 people have been killed by Boko Haram during these attacks. Boko Haram has been known for their history of suicide bombing, raiding, and shooting schools and dormitories. “...Boko Haram has been menacing Nigeria’s northern communities for years. “ according to nationalintrest.org.

The Boko Harm, they are an African terrorist group. Boko haram is really the nickname in the Hausa language the group is officially known as “Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad”. But what do they want? Between them bombing churches and shooting up schools or them kidnapping school girls, the Boko Haram wants to stop girls going to school. Also they may want to start a civil war between south and North Africa. Some believe the boko haram may want to overthrow the government in Algeria.

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

Similar to the past few years, the atrocious kidnapping of 276 on the 14th of April, of boarding school girls from the village of Chibok in the north-eastern part of Nigeria falls into an arrangement of shocking terror unbridled by Boko Haram. Nigeria has always been at the heart of security threatening challenges, but Boko Haram is the most powerful group as of yet. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for many bombings and other terrorist activities north and central Nigeria, thus placing Nigeria on the verge of dissolution. Till date, terror caused by Boko Hara has resulted in an estimate of about 10,000 deaths. Boko Haram, officially called Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad, is a Sunni extremist terrorist group based in northeast Nigeria and active in Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Purpose of Boko Haram is to get rid of the current political regime in Nigeria, which the group believes is run by corrupt Muslims. They group wishes to “establish a fundamentalist interpretation of Sharia (Islamic law) across all of Nigeria (Start).” Furthermore, the group wishes to rid Nigeria of any western education and institutions, specifically schools for girls. Seven to ten thousand members of Boko Haram are led by Abubakr Shekau. Initially, the group had links to Al-Qaeda, but pledged allegiance in March 2015. Since the end of the British rule, politicians and Islamic ulama have expressed their disapproval with western education. Since then, political and ethno-religious groups

Thompson (2013) viewed that people join Boko Haram out of boredom and the desire for an action packed adventure. They join in pursuit of an adventure viewed as a “just cause” but others may be motivated mainly by a desire to use their special skills e.g. bomb-making skills (Thompson 2013). Thompson explained that judging from evidences collected by the State Security Service, those who join Boko Haram are similar. For example, Habibu Bama is a dismissed soldier from Borno State and Kabiru Abubaka Dikko AKA Kabiru Sokoto also a dismissed soldier. According to Thompson (2012), violent encounters with security forces also, often serve as motivating factor for an already socially estranged person to join a terrorist group like Boko Haram (Thompson 2012), he threw more light on this point by saying Human Rights Watch researcher Eric Guttschuss analyzed Yusuf successfully attracted followers from unemployed youth "by speaking out against police and political corruption." (Thompson 2012, )

Nigeria is a West African country with a population of about 170 million people. It is a country divided with religion and ethnicity. The country is made up of both Muslims and Christians, with an area called the middle belt bordering the Muslim north and Christian south (Ehwarieme). For many decades, Nigeria has witnessed various forms of violent conflicts. In recent times the activities of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria has become the major source of crisis and fear in the country. About 13,000 people are estimated to have been killed in Boko Haram-related violence, making it one of the deadliest terrorist groups in the world. (“Boko Haram”). The United Nations and Nigerian officials estimate that more than six million Nigerians have been affected by the conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government, and more than 300,000 have been displaced. As it spreads across north and central Nigeria, attacks are

First, there is Boko Haram (meaning “Western education is forbidden”), an Islamic extremist group currently lead by Abubakar Shekau. Originally called Yusifiyya (after the former leader, Mohammed Yusuf), in 2010 their official name became Jama 'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda 'awati wal-Jihad (meaning “People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings for Propagation and Jihad”). Since pledging allegiance to ISIL in in March 2015, the group is officially known as Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya or ISWAP (“Islamic State West Africa Province”).

3. (U) History. Al-Shabaab’s origins are linked back to the 1990s when a militant Salafist group called al-Itihad al-Islami (AIAI) was the opposition against Somali troops during the country’s civil war. Several of the younger members eventually left AIAI to join another organization called the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). The ICU started as an unsecured array of Sharia courts. By late-2006, the ICU had developed toward an influential Islamic militia that held control over the large majority of Southern Somalia. Al-Shabaab was the extremist wing within the ICU (Royce, 2013).

Security challenges, marginalization, resource control, unemployment, religious intolerance, and neglect of educational and health sectors were all factors that heightened the insecurity that allowed for the insurgency to take place. The low standard of living brought discontent from unsatisfied Nigerians who expected more from their government which leads them to believe that their government had undermined, under-developed and impoverished the vast majority of the peoples. These factors, also known as “relative deprivation,” eventually allowed for Boko Haram to emerge as an armed revolt that “concentrated on destroying government establishments because it… blames the government for not managing the resources of the state for the benefit of the people.” The man to come along and exploit the “relative deprivation” was Mohammed Yusuf who saw how unsatisfied the people were and used it as a driving force to manipulate the people into thinking that the government was corrupt solely due to western influence. Yusuf created Boko Haram with three doctrines for the members to follow: “(1) implementing Islamic Law through all of Nigeria, (2) providing rhetorical support for the transnational global jihad, or (3) engaging in criminal activity, especially kidnapping for profit.” These are the basic principles that encompass Boko Haram.