Move over, Al-Qaeda, there is a new extremist Islamic militia taking over the world. Remember ISIS? We have had them featured in the headlines quite prominently this week and now the U.K.’s The Sun newspaper has dubbed their leader the world’s most powerful terrorist.

 ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi [is] the world’s most powerful terrorist. The chief of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is “seen as more influential than Osama Bin Laden,” the paper wrote.

On Sunday, Baghdadi was declared the leader of a caliphate, or Islamic state, as the jihadist militant group continue to take over vast areas of Iraq and Syria.

Baghdadi is the first “caliph” of all Muslims since the fall of the Ottoman Empire almost 100 years ago. The group, known for its savage tactics, operates separately from Al-Qaeda and is attracting extremists worldwide who want to join global jihad.

This is a very scary and very sophisticated threat that now faces the world.

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