The Jama'atu Ahlissunnah Lidda'awati Wal — Jihad sect, better known as Boko Haram, has very clearly spelt out the goal of its bloody jihad: to establish Allah's kingdom in Nigeria. As the pre-history of Nigeria informs us, however, this is an old cause dating back to Usman Dan Fodio's jihad of 1804-1808.
But Dan Fodio, by most accounts, was moved by a genuine reformist spirit to establish a non-exploitative caliphal system of government for believers. Thus, after the fall of Gobir and the end of political resistance to his movement, he withdrew into a quiet life of study and teaching.
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