Boko Haram: the emergence and evolution of a terrorist organisation

• Thesis title in Czech: Boko Haram: vznik a vývoj teroristické organizace
• Thesis title in English: Boko Haram: the emergence and evolution of a terrorist organisation
• Key words: Boko Haram|terorismus|salafismus|džihádismus
• English key words: Boko Haram|terrorism|salafism|jihadism
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2022/2023
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Middle Eastern Studies (21-KBV)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Pavel Ťupek, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 08.12.2022
• Date of assignment: 12.12.2022
• Administrator's approval: approved
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 12.12.2022
• Date and time of defence: 22.06.2023 11:15
• Date of electronic submission: 11.05.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 22.06.2023
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. Jakub Koláček

Guidelines

Boko Haram is an organisation operating mainly in the northern part of Nigeria and in the border areas of neighbouring states including Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The group, which began as a fringe group at the turn of the 21st century focusing on local social, religious and economic issues, has managed to grow and expand its activities to the point where it has made headlines around the world for the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls, as well as for its links to ISIS. These activities have earned the group the designation as a terrorist organisation by the US, the UK, the UN and many others. The aim of this thesis is to introduce Boko Haram by presenting its genesis, development and key events that shaped the organisation and its evolution. It will also place the organisation within the broader trend of Islamic organisations in Nigeria. This will be achieved by analysing a wide range of credible secondary academic sources focusing on different aspects of Boko Haram at different points in time. Relevant primary sources in Arabic published by the group itself will also be used to gain an accurate insight into the group's ideology and attitudes at different time periods.

References

Primary sources:

Al-Andalus Foundation for Media Publication. Shari'i pieces of advice and directives from Sheikh Abu al-Hassan Rashid to the mujahideen of Nigeria. Al-Andalus Foundation for Media Production, 2017. https://www.aymennjawad.org/21618/aqim-advice-to-boko-haram-dissidents-full.
Abdulbasit Kassim, Michael Nwankpa, and David Cook. 2018. The Boko Haram Reader: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State. New York: Oxford University Press.

Secondary sources:
Asuelime, David, L. E., & Onapajo, H. (2015). Boko Haram :The Socio-Economic Drivers (1st ed. 2015.). Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer.
Barkindo, Atta. 2018. “Abubakr Shekau: Boko Haram’s Underestimated Corporatist-Strategic Leader.” JSTOR. 2018.https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep21483.7.
Ben Amara, Ramzi. ‘The Izala Movement in Nigeria: Its Split, Relationship to Sufis and Perception of Sharīʿa ReImplementation’. DPhil diss. BIGSAS, 2011.
Comolli, Virginia. 2015. Boko Haram : Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency. London: Hurst & Company.
Ekhomu, Ona. 2019. Boko Haram: Security Considerations and the Rise of an Insurgency. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
Hansen, Stig Jarle. 2019. Horn, Sahel, and Rift. London: Hurst.
Hentz, James J, and Hussein Solomon. 2018. Understanding Boko Haram : Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa. London: Routledge.
Kassim, Nwankpa, M., & Cook, D. (2018). The Boko Haram reader: from Nigerian preachers to the Islamic state. C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers).
Kendhammer, Brandon, and Carmen McCain. 2018. Boko Haram. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.
Ladan. (2022). TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM REVISITED: Is Boko Haram an al-Qaeda Affiliate? African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, 12(1), 105–126. https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.12.1.05
Loimeier, Roman. 2012. “Boko Haram: The Development of a Militant Religious Movement in Nigeria.” Africa Spectrum 47 (2-3): 137–55.https://doi.org/10.1177/000203971204702-308.
Pieri, Zacharias P. 2019. Boko Haram and the Drivers of Islamist Violence. New York: Routledge.
Pieri, Z. P., & Zenn, J. (2016). The Boko Haram Paradox: Ethnicity, Religion, and Historical Memory in Pursuit of a Caliphate. African Security, 9(1), 66–88.https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2016.1132906
Thurston, Alexander. 2019. BOKO HARAM : The History of an African Jihadist Movement. Princeton: Princeton University Press.











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