Join the Caravan: The Ideology of Political Authority in Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to Boko Haram in North-Eastern Nigeria

More than countering merely the violence and the mayhem, the current challenge posed by the Boko Haram conflict is how to clearly define the factors and the actors. Debates continue to rage in the literature regarding what motivates non-state armed groups. Interestingly, the prominent ideological fa...

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Published in:Perspectives on terrorism (Lowell) 2013-06, Vol.7 (3), p.30-43
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Islamic law
Jihad
Koran
Muslims
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Political ideologies
Political violence
Religious terrorism
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