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Is education haram ? How former members of north-east Nigeria’s insurgency view and experience ‘Western’ education

Abstract Conflict related to the ‘Boko Haram’ insurgency has ravaged north-east Nigeria and its neighbouring countries for over a decade. Much public and media attention has focused on the insurgents’ apparent hostility towards Western ( boko ) education. Yet, education has received relatively little attention within scholarship of the insurgency. Drawing on eighteen interviews and group conversations with former members conducted in 2021 and 2024, we explore what role disenchantment with Western education played in the recruitment of members, and to what extent critical views were nurtured an…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Africa
Date	2025-11-01
Type	article
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Found at	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001972025101460
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Is education haram ? How former members of north-east Nigeria’s insurgency view and experience ‘Western’ education. OpenAlex research, 2025. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7124921797.