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    Fighting Extremism – The Legal Propositions
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Goswami, Gauri; Boruah, Isheta
    Law as an essential function of the state regulates social interests and arbitrates conflicting claims and demands security of person and property that can be achieved through instrumentality of law. In recent years, there has been an outcry of atrocities caused by various extremist groups like Boko-Haram of Nigeria where its imminent and consistent message of their intolerance in terms of religion, culture, social- has had many drastic changes in many regions of the world. The Islamic Extremism in India focused primarily on the conflict of Kashmir where India has the second largest Muslim population in the world. Even the religious extremism faced by India where the left wings (Naxalites and Maoists) are considered as the single biggest internal security threat have the low level insurgency in India’s south central regions since 1967.In 2015 Paris, 12 people were killed in the terrorist attack in the office of Charlie Hebdo a French satirical magazine that published controversial Muhammad cartoons. Even in New Zealand the Christchurch mosque shooting are the two consecutive terrorist shooting attacks because of the ‘Great Replacement’ and White Genocide conspiracy theories.
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    Challenge of Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Its Origin, Causes and Effects
    (University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Kaur, Sarabjit
    The origin of Boko Haram is a subject of great deal of debate and discussion. The fact is that the insurgency is posing severe challenge before the Nigerian State. It has led to numerous killings, attacks and loss of property worth billions of naira. These activities over a period of time are increasing. To understand the increasing momentum of the movement, the paper incorporates various theoretical perspectives, the study of which enables one to identify the factors-economic, political and psychological, which have created fertile ground for the emergence of the movement and also in accelerating its pace; which has serious implications both at the domestic as well as at the international level.