ISIS' deadliest ally has started fighting itself
ISIS' deadliest ally has started fighting itself
“You can’t really be more barbaric and more savage ...," Issoufou Yahaya, a political analyst at Niamey University in Niger, told The Wall Street Journal. Yahaya is referring to Abubakar Shekau, the former leader of Boko Haram, the Islamic State's largest subsidiary outside the Middle East. "He’s the pinnacle of barbarism," Yahaya continued. After pledging loyalty to ISIS in 2015, Boko Haram, also designated as the "West Africa Province" by ISIS, embarked on a new campaign headed by Shekau. But the extreme violence and tactics of Shekau made even ISIS' leaders express their disappointment. Accusing the Muslim "establishment" of corruption and "perverting" Islam, Boko Haram under Shekau had sent children suicide
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