Afryka

No. 40 (2014): Afryka
Artykuły

The Dispute Over Western Education. From ‘Yan Izala to Boko Haram

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  • Sabina Brakoniecka

Published 2014-10-01

Keywords

  • Boko Haram,
  • Islam,
  • Muhammad Yusuf,
  • neofundamentalism,
  • Nigeria

Abstract

The aim of this article is to summarize the ideology of Muhammad Yusuf, who was the founder of Boko Haram – the northern Nigerian terrorist organization. Yusuf created his theory in the context of neofundamentalist teachings of the ‘Yan Izala. During the cooperation with the ‘Yan Izala, Yusuf became convinced that Western education and work for the secular government are strictly forbidden in Islam. On the basis of this theory, he created a complex ideology that became a source of today’s Boko Haram brutality in northern states of Nigeria.

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