TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Religious violence and democracy in Niger
JO  - African conflict and peacebuilding review
A1  - Mueller, Lisa
SP  - 89
EP  - 104
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
N2  - Deadly attacks on Christians and mounting resistance to secularism in Niger raise the question of whether the Muslim-majority country is turning away from democracy and toward a repressive form of Shari'a law. I argue that religious extremism in Niger has largely external roots and that domestic religious leaders are not pursuing a revolutionary agenda, even though they are increasingly involved in organizing social movements. The foreign nature of terrorist threats may even help preserve democracy by raising nationalist support for the state.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2156-695X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -