National and International Security Influences

Factors of Radicalism
A case study of Boko
Haram

Introduction
• Nigeria has suffered from
undermined security issues for
long
• Boko Haram: a radical Group
• A nonstate armed radical group
• The concern for national and
international security
• Influences the youth of the
country
• Discussion of factors of
radicalization

Radicalization
• Concept emerged after 9/11 attack
• Definition: Radicalization involves rejecting of democratic ideas and
the status quo and adopting a violent medium to practice extreme
political, religious and social ideology (Marchal and Salem 2018).
• Outcome of changes in self-identification
• Radical ideology: extreme and violent
• Uses religion for exploitation

Boko Haram
• Established on 2002
• Formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl
as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād
• Founder: Muhammad Yusuf
• Boko Haram means “Western
education is forbidden”.
• Draws members from :
unemployed youths, destitute
children and disaffected youths
of the Northern Nigeria.
• States: Northern Borno and Yobe