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Alexander Thurston

Observed names: A. Thurston, ALEXANDER THURSTON, Alex Thurston, Thurston, Alexander
ORCID: 0000-0003-1765-3414
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1765-3414
OpenAlex ID: A5089340669
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel
2020 · Alexander Thurston · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 136
Boko Haram
2018 · Alexander Thurston · Princeton University Press eBooks · 108
Salafism in Nigeria
2016 · Alexander Thurston · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 102
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Boko Haram
2017 · Alexander Thurston · Princeton University Press eBooks · 79
‘The Disease is Unbelief’: Boko Haram’s Religious and Political Worldview
2016 · Alex Thurston · 66
Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement
2017 · Alexander Thurston · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 64
Salafism in Nigeria : Islam, Preaching, and Politics
2016 · Alexander Thurston · 43
Mauritania’s Islamists
2013 · Alex Thurston · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace eBooks · 35
Nigeria’s Mainstream Salafis between Boko Haram and the State
2015 · Alex Thurston · Islamic Africa · 32
A Response to Jacob Zenn on Boko Haram and al-Qa‘ida
2018 · Adam Higazi, Brandon Kendhammer, et al. · HAL · 26
Towards an "Islamic Republic of Mali?"
2013 · Alex Thurston · The Fletcher forum of world affairs · 25
The Politics of Technocracy in Fourth Republic Nigeria
2018 · Alexander Thurston · African Studies Review · 24
Algeria’s GIA: The First Major Armed Group to Fully Subordinate Jihadism to Salafism
2017 · Alexander Thurston · Islamic Law and Society · 20
Muslim politics and shari'a in Kano State, Northern Nigeria
2014 · A. Thurston · African Affairs · 18
Interactions between Northern Nigeria and the Arab world in the twentieth century
2009 · Alexander Thurston · DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) · 18
Mali: The Disintegration of a "Model African Democracy"
2013 · Alex Thurston · Stability International Journal of Security and Development · 16
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Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan al-Dedew (b. 1963), a Salafi Scholar in Contemporary Mauritania
2012 · Alex Thurston · 14
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP): An Al Qaeda Affiliate Case Study
2017 · David Knoll, Alexander Thurston, et al. · 12
Coded Language Among Muslim Activists: Salafīs and the Prophet’s Sermon of Necessity
2017 · Alexander Thurston · Die Welt des Islams · 11
Campuses and Conflict in the Lake Chad Basin: Violent Extremism and the Politics of Religion in Higher Education
2018 · Alexander Thurston · 8
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel : Local Politics and Rebel Groups
2020 · Alexander Thurston · 7
Polyvalent, Transnational Religious Authority: The Tijaniyya Sufi Order and Al-Azhar University
2017 · Alexander Thurston · Journal of the American Academy of Religion · 6
The Era of Overseas Scholarships: Islam, Modernization, and Decolonization in Northern Nigeria, c. 1954-1966
2014 · Alexander Thurston · Journal of Religion in Africa · 6
Political violence and transport infrastructure in West Africa
2025 · Olivier J. Walther, Steven M. Radil, et al. · African Security Review · 5
Illiberalism and post-conflict settlements with jihadists: a Malian case study
2022 · Alexander Thurston · Third World Quarterly · 4
Works count: 106
Citation count: 927
H-index: 16
I10-index: 19
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