The Boko Haram reader : from Nigerian preachers to the Islamic state

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Introduction / David Cook

Part One: Nigerian Preachers (2006-2008): [Introduction] / Michael Nwankpa

Debate on the status of Western education and working for the Nigerian government between Mallam Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Mallam Muhammad Yusuf Maiduguri / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Translation of selections from Muhammad Yusuf : Hādhihī 'aqīdatunā wa-minhāj da'watinā = This is our creed and method of proclamation (c. 2006-2007) / translated by David Cook

Clearing the doubts of the scholars (c. fall 2006/spring 2007) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Exegesis of Sūrat Hūd (Qur'ān 11:84-90) (c. fall 2006/fall 2007) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by the Kanuri transcription team and Atta Barkindo

Who is the Prophet Muhammad? (c. 2007-2008) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Exegesis of Sūrat al-Tawba (Qur'ān 9:9-16) (c. spring 2008) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Explanation of the meaning of monotheism (c. summer 2008) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Exegesis of Sūrat al-Ìmrān (Qur'ān 3:165-175) (9 September 2008) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulsbasit Kassim

BBC Hausa service interview with Muhammad Yusuf (c. 15 October 2008) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Film by Muhammad Yusuf (c. December 2008) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Part Two: Reaching a Verdict (2008-2009): [Introduction] / David Cook

History of the Muslims (c. December 2008) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Admonition (c. January 2009) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Exegesis of Sūrat al-Baqara (Qur'ān 2:284-286) (14 February 2009) /by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Western civilization is Atheism and Anti-Islam (16 February 2009) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Grouping of sermons of the Imam Abu Yusuf Muhammad bin Yusuf Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-L-Da'wa La-L-Jihād (released 3 March 2015). [First sermon] / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Hādhihi 'Aqīdatunā = This Is our creed (c. spring 2009) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Kanuri transcription team and Atta Barkindo

Provision of the Muslim fighters (14 March 2009) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Returning to the Qur'ān and Sunna : lecture (15 March 2009) / by Muhammad Mamman Nur and Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Grouping of sermons. [Second sermon] / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Grouping of sermons. [Third sermon] / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Open letter to the Nigerian government or Declaration of War (June 2009) / by Muhammad Yusuf ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Interrogation of Muhammad Yusuf by Nigerian security forces (30 July 2009)

Part Three: Making Nigeria Ungovernable (2009-2012): [Introduction] / Michael Nwankpa

Statement of Sani Umaru (9 August 2009)

Documents from advice and Shari'i instruction by Shaykh Abu al-Hasan Rashid al-Bulaydi to the fighters in Nigeria (released 13 April 2017) / translated by David Cook

Declaration of War against Christians and Western education (c. July 2010) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message of condolence to the Mujāhidin (12 July 2010) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by David Cook

Letter from the Bauchi prison break (7 September 2010)

Hausa Nashid "We Are Not Boko Haram, We are The People of Sunna" (c. fall 2010) / by Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-L-Da'wa wa-l-Jihād ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

A letter to Osama bin Laden's deputy (c. fall 2010) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by David Cook

Letter from disaffected members of Boko Haram to AQIM critiquing Shekau / translated by David Cook

Message from Shekau (17 April 2011) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan (11 January 2012) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

We are coming to get you, Jonathan! (12 April 2012) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Reasons for attacking Thisday newspaper / by Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-l-Da'wa wa-l-Jihād

Formation of Jamā'at Anṣār al-Muslimin Fi Bilād al-Sūdān (Group of the Muslims' helpers in the land of the Blacks) (9 July 2012) / by Amir Abu Yusuf al-Ansari ; translated by David Cook

Message to the world (1 October 2012) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Clarification of the false report on negotiations with the Nigerian government (c. November 2012) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Glad tidings, O soldiers of Allah (29 November 2012) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Disassociation of the Jamā'at Anṣār al-Muslimin from targeting Muslim innocents (14 May 2013) / translated by David Cook

Sermon for 'Id al-Aḍḥā 1434/2013 (14 November 2013) / by Abu Usama al-Ansari ; translated by David Cook

Part Four: Boko Haram State (2013-2015): [Introduction] / Michael Nwakpa

Raid on Maiduguri (26 March 2014) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Hausa Nashid in the video "The raid on Maiduguri" (26 March 2014) / by Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-L-Da'wa wa-L-Jihād ; transcribed by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to the Umma (6 May 2014) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message about the Chibok Girls (12 May 2014) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Beheading of Nigerian Air Force officers (22 July 2014 and 15 October 2014) / summarized by Abdulbasit Kassim

Declaration of an Islamic Caliphate (23 August 2014) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Interview with a Mujāhid Abu Sumayya / translated by David Cook

Beheading video by Chadian faction of Boko Haram (c. September 2014) / summarized by Abdulbasit Kassim

Shekau says he is alive and well (5 October 2014) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Shekau speaks on cease-fire talks and the Chibok Girls (1 November 2014) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Boko Haram communiques with African media (18 November 2014-9 February 2015) / translated by David Cook

Message to the Emir of Kano (15 December 2014) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to president Paul Biya of Cameroon (5 January 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Charlie Hebdo (14 January 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to the world on Baga (21 January 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Interview with official spokesman Abu Mus'ab al-Barnawi about the events in the City of Baga (27 January 2015) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message from a Mujāhid (28 January 2015) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Allah is our master (29 January 2015) / by Jamā'at Anṣār al-Muslimin Fi Bilād al-Sūdān ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to the African leaders, specifically Idriss Déby (9 February 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Applications of the rulings of Islam in the Islamic State in Africa (9 February 2015) / by Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-L-Da'wa wa-L-Jihād ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Investigation of the Nigerian army (10 February 2015) / by Jamā'at Anṣār al-Muslimin Fi Bilād al-Sūdān ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Proclamation concerning the aggression being led by Chad against Jamā'at Ahl al-Sunna Li-L-Da'wa wa-L-Jihād (14 February 2015) / translated by David Cook

A message to the Unbelievers' leaders (17 February 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Part Five: West African Islamic State (2015-16): [Introduction] / Michael Nwankpa

Jumbled words and authentication for the important period prior to Shaykh al-Shekawi's allegiance which made the Umma happy (27 March 2015) / by Abu Malik Shayba al-Hamad ; translated by David Cook

Bay'a = Oath of Allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims (7 March 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Arrival of the Caliphate's soldiers in West Africa (2 June 2015) / by Wilāyat Gharb Ifriqiyā ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

'Id [al-Fitri] prayer and sermon from Wilāyat Gharb Ifriqiyā (22 July 2015) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to Nigerian Unbelievers (19 September 2015) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

'Id al-Aḍḥā atmosphere in Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyā (28 September 2015) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Messages from the Caliphate's soldiers in Wilāyat Gharb Ifriqiyā (7 October 2015) / by Man Chari ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message from the Mujāhidin in West Africa to the Mujāhidin in Somalia (14 October 2015) / by Wilāyat Gharb Ifriqiyā ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message from Shekau (22 March 2016) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

"Investigate" (31 March 2016) / by Wilāyat Gharb Ifriqiyā ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message to the world (2 August 2016) / by Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Exposé : an open letter to Abubakar Shekau (4 August 2016) / by Mamman Nur ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Message from the soldiers (7 August 2016) / by Man Chari and Abubakar Shekau ; translated by Abdulbasit Kassim

Shekau responds to his critics (18 December 2016) / translated by Abdulbasit Kassim