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Rachel Ehrenfeld, director of the American Center for Democracy and the Economic Warfare Institute, says the alliance will feed Boko Haram’s hunger for spreading its vision of Islam as it provides more funding.

“Boko Haram and ISIS share the same basic ideology, and it worked with al-Qaida. And we know that with food – in this instance, success –comes an even bigger appetite,” she said.

She said jihadist groups that started out with a domestic agenda are “joining the larger jihadist agenda to impose Shariah everywhere.”

“And the more violence they can inflict on the infidels, the better, as far as they’re concerned,” Ehrenfeld said.

Hussein Solomon, professor of political science at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and analyst for the Jerusalem-based think tank, Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa, agrees Boko Haram will benefit from the connection.

He points out the two groups have many commonalities.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shakau, in his most recent video, he said, “had positive things to say about ISIS, and he is very pragmatic.”

“Certainly this partnership will benefit Boko Haram more,” Solomon said.