Abu Zamira Mohammed is a leader of the
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (), is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group spli ...
terrorist sect. He took power after the supposed death of
Abubakar Shekau
Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (23 March 1973 – 19 May 2021) was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 to 2021. He served as deputy leader to the group's fo ...
, and initiated peace talks with the
Nigerian government
The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. One of the primary f ...
. His current status is unknown.
Death of Shekau
Imam
Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...
Liman Ibrahim
Imam Liman Ibrahim is a spiritual leader in the Boko Haram terrorist sect. He was especially active after Abu Zamira assumed leadership of the group. His current status is unknown.
Death of Shekau and Rise of Zamira
In August 2013, Ibrahim an ...
announced in August 2013 that Abubakr Shekau had been deposed by a group within Boko Haram due to his harsh methods. Ibrahim also announced the appointment of Abu Zamira to the position that Shekau had held, and the end of violent tactics.
Peace negotiations
In August 2013, Abu Zamira appointed himself and four others as representatives for Boko Haram in peace talks with the Nigerian government. In addition to himself, the delegation comprised Abu Liman Ibrahim, Abu Adam Maisandari, Kassim Imam Biu and Mallam Modu Damaturu. These appointments were accompanied by the declaration of a 60-day ceasefire, and the announcement that any attacks in the name of Shekau were invalid.
See also
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Islamism
Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism ...
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Jihadism
Jihadism is a neologism for modern, armed militant Political aspects of Islam, Islamic movements that seek to Islamic state, establish states based on Islamic principles. In a narrower sense, it refers to the belief that armed confrontation ...
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Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
The Boko Haram insurgency also known as the Boke Haram Crisis began in July 2009, when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict is taking place with ...
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Sharia in Nigeria
In Nigeria, Sharia has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in twelve Muslim-majority states since 1999, when then-Zamfara State governor Ahmad Sani Yerima began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level o ...
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Slavery in 21st-century Islamism
Proto-state, Quasi-state-level jihadist groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have captured and enslaved women and children, often for sexual slavery. In 2014 in particular, both groups organised mass kidnapp ...
References
Boko Haram members
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