Poverty, Political Freedom and Roots of Religious Militancy; A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Somalia During 21st Century
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Provincialist, Puntland, Somaliland, Boko Haram, Al-Shabab, TFGAbstract
Modern investigations prove that terrorism can only be measured by judging the level of poverty and political freedom in any country. Empirical research in this regard highlights several case studies like South Sudan, Palestine, Kenya, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia during the 21st Century. Not only poverty, but lack of political freedom is also a significant cause of terrorism. Hegemonic aspirations of any social or sectarian group in the third world usually become an important reason for promoting terrorism. Therefore, scholars present two dimensions of terrorism in this regard; terrorism against the political system during increased poverty ratio and militant agitation against or imposing any socio-political or sectarian hegemonic ideology. This study will investigate Nigerian and Somalia’s conditions in this regard. Hegemonic orientations of Boko-Haram in Nigeria and the Islamic Courts Union along with Al-Shabab in Somalia will also be discussed here with a special focus on describing the poverty level and conditions of political freedom.
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