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A Functionalist Perspective on Boko Haram

by Calla Carter

Boko Haram

  • "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad"
  • Emerged ≈2003 under Mohammed Yusuf
  • Before 2009: Recruited thousands of followers, many from poor families and between 17-30, fought for establishment of Sharia law in Borno State
  • 2009 - Boko Haram "uprising" - Yusuf is killed, and second-in-command Abubakar Shekau rises to power
  • 2009 - present: Tactics more aligned with global terrorist organizations - focused on all of Nigeria, significantly more violent

Overview

There are pre-existing problems in Nigeria that stem from a corrupt government - including a failing economy and its police force's use of excessive force/extrajudicial killings.

Boko Haram provides extreme examples of these issues, and ones that illustrate how corruption/high unemployment rates/excessive force harms the government.

Government Corruption & Failing Economy

  • Recruitment
  • Ineffectiveness exposed

Excessive Force and Indiscriminate Targeting: The Joint Task Force’s Response to Boko Haram

  • Extrajudicial killings are prevalent in the Nigerian Police Force
  • State of Emergency

The JDT's Mistreatment of Boko Haram

  • Yusuf's extrajudicial killing
  • Kidnapping
"If you have studied Islam, you’ll know, whoever you are, that in sociology there is danger." - Mohammed Yusuf, 2006
A Functionalist Perspective on Boko Haram by Calla Carter