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.
