o:id 5288 url https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/5288 o:resource_template Journal article o:resource_class bibo:AcademicArticle dcterms:title Islamic insurgency in the Sahel as the root of mass displacement in Burkina Faso dcterms:publisher https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25144 dcterms:date 2022 dcterms:type https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8475 dcterms:identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115987260 Q115987260 iwac-reference-0000148 dcterms:language https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322 dcterms:abstract The Islamic State's emergence in the Sahel region has triggered violence resulting in a large-scale refugee crisis. This paper focuses on the instability and refugee situation in Burkina Faso, which has received less attention than other Sahel countries such as Mali and Nigeria. In academic debates, IS-instigated terrorism tends to be examined as a multi-layered conflict with non-religious reasons in the background. However, religion is a key factor fueling terrorist activity in the Sahel region and determining its outcome, as the idea of creating an Islamic State or caliphate is inherently religious in nature. Islamic insurgents target all non-compliant community members and Christians in particular. dcterms:spatial https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/546 bibo:authorList https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1619 bibo:issue 1 2 bibo:pageEnd 69 bibo:pageStart 53 bibo:volume 15 --