Is this a joke? Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau
made TIME magazine 2015 Most Influential People list.
Why is a terrorist in this list? Below is what TIME wrote
about Shekau...
Most Americans do not yet recognize his name,
but the citizens of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous
country, know Abubakar Shekau all too well: he is
the most violent killer their country has ever seen.
Shekau took over the terrorist organization Boko
Haram in 2009 after the group had been weakened
by Nigerian government forces. Shekau, who is
believed to be in his 30s, began to stage
increasingly daring kidnapping and killing raids
on schools, churches and mosques thought by
Boko Haram to be violating their interpretation of
Islam.
The taking of over 200 schoolgirls in April 2014
brought Boko Haram into the international
spotlight. By most accounts, Boko Haram has
killed more than 10,000 people and is spreading
into neighboring countries. Shekau’s latest action
may finally summon a U.S. response: he has
publicly aligned his group with ISIS, the terrorist
group that holds territory in Syria and Iraq and
has expanded its reach into Yemen and Libya.
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