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Let me stress that I do not believe that every margino inalized or poor Muslim is dh extremist. Houever, I believe the point has bcen made that certain social and economic conditions are fertile grotnd for breeding violent movements be tlhey religious extremists or ethnic militia or just criminal gangs. All of tlhese are present in contemporary northern Nigeria so locating the violence of Boko Haram in religious doctrines misses the point. The group in the short- tert must be defeated militarily, But, as this book argues, a long term solution must look beyond military tactics to issues of governance, economic inequality, soCial exchusion and marginalization and perceived injustices.”

-from the Foreword by Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano

Abdul Raufu Mustapha was Associate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford before his death in 2017. Kate Meagher is Associate Professor in Development Studies, London School of Economics.

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