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- Title
Suicide Bombing and Religious Fundamentalism in Nigeria : The Case of Boko Haram.
- Authors
Abisoye, Amos Olutunde
- Abstract
This paper begins by noting that development becomes realizable in an environment where there is security of lives and property. It notes that religious violence constitutes a most important area of focus in contemporary social science, particularly within the discipline of Sociology. The paper further considers that while governments at the various levels of the Nigerian society exist to protect the lives and interest of the citizenry, the issue of religious violence has often proved a difficult area of intervention within the larger constraint of interethnic wars and conflict oriented relationships. The paper seeks an example in the recent uprising of the religious group called Boko Haram, which has rendered highly unsafe the lives of Nigerians as several people have lost their lives consequent upon sporadic bombing attacks by the group. The raging argument had been whether the group is fighting a religious war or otherwise as many religious leaders within the Islamic sect in particular had openly condemned the attack as being callous and ungodly. The paper therefore sets to examine the perceived causes of the heinous crime and possibly clarify the extent to which it is a religious war against the people, its consequential effect on the socio-political and religious set up in the country and subsequently proffer solution towards the curbing or complete overhauling of this recent socially disturbing phenomenon.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; VIOLENCE; SECTARIAN conflict; BOKO Haram (Organization); BOMBINGS; RELIGIOUS wars; NIGERIAN history, 1960-; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article