The leader of the dealdy Islamic Terorist Group in West Africa Boko-Haram, Abubakar Shekau alongside Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto have been listed among the most powerful Muslims in the world.
Boko-Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau
The report is contained in a Muslim publication, The Muslim 500 2018 edition.
Boko-Haram
Boko-Haram
Is an Islamic extremist terrorist group in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.
The group had alleged links to al-Qaeda, but in March 2015, it announced its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The insurgents started in 2009, it has killed tens of thousands and displaced 2.3 million from their homes and was ranked as the world's deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index in 2015.
Chibok Girls
The group on the night of 14–15 April 2014, kidnapped morethan 200 female students from Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
The group on the night of 14–15 April 2014, kidnapped morethan 200 female students from Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
A video released by Boko-Haram showing Chibok Girls
Noting that there are approximately 1.84 billion Muslims in the world, making up 24.38 per cent of the world’s population.
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The publication is an annual compilation of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Islamic world.
Others Nigerians listed in the publication are Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede and former justice minister, Prince Bola Ajibola