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.
