Abstract

Mozambique has witnessed a sharp rise in militant Islamic jihadism starting in late 2017. This originates from a small sect movement of Islamic fundamentalist radicals, Ansar al-Sunna, formed in 2012. Its emergence appears to be local social discontentment due to poverty and economic deprivation. Government reaction has been heavy-handed, anticipating to thwart the group. This paper seeks to draw an analytical comparison of academic researchers,’ journalists’ and other witness accounts of this group in Mozambique to literature-based knowledge of the Nigerian Boko Haram, and gauge its potential of growing into the Boko Haram of Southern Africa.

摘要

从 2017 年底开始，莫桑比克的激进伊斯兰圣战主义急剧上升。这源于 2012 年成立的伊斯兰原教旨主义激进分子 Ansar al-Sunna 的小宗派运动。它的出现似乎是由于贫困和经济剥夺导致当地社会不满. 政府的反应一直很严厉，预计会挫败该组织。本文旨在将莫桑比克该群体的学术研究人员、“记者”和其他目击者描述与尼日利亚博科圣地的文献知识进行分析比较，并评估其成长为南部非洲博科圣地的潜力。