WTF? Boko Haram Leader “Shekau” Makes TIME Most Influential People List

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 school girls 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.