Living in Fear

Religious Identity, Relative Deprivation and the Boko Haram Terrorism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12976313
AutoresD E Agbiboa (0000-0001-6957-0982, Australian National University, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas153-170
Data de publicação2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrican Security (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392206.2013.788410
OpenAlexW2156742057
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas14

Since 2009, a radical Islamist group in Nigeria called Boko Haram has been responsible for a string of violent attacks and bombings strategically directed at the government, security officials, churches, civilians, and the United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital Abuja. With the attacks getting increasingly coordinated and sophisticated, there are growing concerns, locally and globally, about not only the quickly deteriorating security situation in Nigeria but also the potential implications for Nigeria's unity. This article explores the relationship between religion as a force of mobilization as well as an identity marker in Nigeria and how its practice and perception are implicated in the current Boko Haram terrorism. The article further draws on the theory of relative deprivation to explain why Boko Haram rebels

Boko haram · Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Identity (music · Insurgency · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relative deprivation · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religion, Society, and Development · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence