PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Boko Haram, Mercy Corps
13 Dec 2016
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Here"s why so many people join boko haram. Recently investigated by : nigeria social violence research project at johns hopkins university school of. Advanced international studies: center for complex operations, mercy corps. At first, boko haram filled a state vacuum: they offered social services and a, offered a group identity, region had neither. According to data from the nigeria social violence project: boko haram started as a local, dissident salafist sect. Ultraconservative school of thought in sunni islam. Advocates a strict adherence to the early islam of the koran and sunna. Did not necessarily envision the group as a primarily militant group. In(cid:272)e nigeria (cid:271)egan exporting oil : the government has marginalized its non-oil-producing northeast region economically, Failing to offer social services like health and education. The difference in development indicators between states in the northeast and in other regions illustrates just how marginalized that region has been.
