The terms Intellectuals, Educated, Civil society activists have always
posed a threat to reactionary and terrorist groups and global dictatorships,
and they have always been the most targeted group by them.
In Nigeria, kidnappings of schoolchildren from schools have become a
common occurrence and occur frequently as terrorist groups exploit kidnappings
in order to demand ransoms and money to finance themselves and students become
the victims.
Kidnapping Students
Last month, Boko Haram kidnapped more than 300 students from a
government boarding school in one of the western states, which for two decades
has suffered from attacks by the Islamic Boko Haram group in the country and
has kidnapped students, demolished schools and churches, and targeted Nigerian
forces in the country and government centers.
The latest attacks resulted in the kidnapping of students from one of the government schools that Boko Haram claims is teaching students the ideas of the infidels and the infidel West, according to the words of its leader Abu Bakr Shekau.
Therefore, it kidnaps the students and their fate remains unknown
until they are released by paying a ransom in favor of Boko Haram, which the
Nigerian government denies.
After nearly a week, and through joint operations between Nigerian
forces and regional aid, these forces succeeded in releasing the girls and
returning them to their homes, and according to news agencies that some of them
were killed, the fate of a few of them remains unknown, according to the
agencies.
Boko Haram "Western Education is Forbidden"
Western education is forbidden. This is the meaning of the name of the
group that claims to represent Islam and Muslims in Nigeria, a country that is
divided into half Muslim and half Christian according to government statistics.
Boko Haram was established in 2002 by Muhammad Yusuf, a prominent
religious man at the time, and the beginning was with the establishment of a
religious complex and Islamic schools have turned into a center for
disseminating jihadist ideology
Later on, the group’s activity increased in order to prevent Muslims
from participating in elections and any political or social activity, and then
declared allegiance to al-Qaeda, and in 2014, Abu Bakr Shekau declared
allegiance to the Islamic state, as Boko Haram was also seeking to establish a
caliphate in Nigeria and overthrow the government
The group was classified on the list of terrorist organizations, as it
launched attacks on schools, churches, and government centers, and its
activities extended to Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Where civilians were targeted, thousands were killed and millions
displaced from their homes because of these attacks and the common alliance
between these countries to confront them and turn it into a war between the
coalition Regional and Boko Haram.
Regional Alliance
In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 300 students from the school in response to the killing of its leader, Mohamed Youssef, who was killed in 2009 by government forces.
This incident resulted in widespread international sympathy
that led to the formation of a regional alliance forming each of the Chadian,
Cameroonian, Nigerian, and Nigerian forces, and to help from western countries
and American units.
This alliance succeeded in rescuing students from the grip of Boko
Haram, but not all of them were still unaccounted for, which made Nigerians
question the strength of their government in protecting them from Boko Haram
attacks, and some of them directed to expel their children from schools due to
the repeated attacks on them.
Fate of Boko Haram
The regional alliance directed a strong blow to Boko Haram in his
stronghold, which resulted in his withdrawal to new locations and reducing the
number of those affected by the attacks and the ongoing war in the country. But
the attacks did not stop completely despite the Nigerian government announcing
several times that they had been eliminated
The Nigerian government and its allies did not succeed in eliminating
Boko Haram, but since 2015, an internal division has arisen in the group,
whereby a decision by the Islamic State to remove Abu Bakr Shekau from his
position and appoint Abu Musab Al-Barnawi as his replacement has been made. But
Shekau rejected this decision and he continued to be a leader.
In order for the internal division in the group to begin due to this
decision and to become paranoid and intensify the intensity of the attacks that
led to the killing of an entire village and the displacement of millions of
others from their homes and the expansion of attacks on Cameroon and the
killing of members of the Cameroonian army.
So far, Boko Haram has not been eliminated by the allied governments,
but the internal division that occurred due to the decision of the Islamic
State may be the guarantor that the division leads to the division and
weakening of the group and may lead to the end of the existence of this group,
especially after the elimination of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Written by - Abduljalil Hage
Edited by - Adrija Saha
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