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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (July 28, 1971-October 27, 2019)
    Born in Samarra, Iraq
    Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri
    Public face of ISIS/ISIL
    Self-declared Caliph of the new Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
    Officially elected by the majlis al-shura in June 2014
    Formerly affiliated with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda (2006-2013)
    Listed by the U.S. State Department as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (Oct. 4, 2011)
    Named runner-up for Time Magazine's Person of the Year award, following German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2015)
    Reported dead from a US airstrike in an unconfirmed report by the Islamic State's Amaq news agency (Jun. 14, 2016)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is proprietor of a sex slave operation.
    Little is known about him beyond what info Jihadist websites choose to provide.
    He allegedly met his wife on an internet dating site.
    His tendency to deliver pronouncements wearing a mask earned him the moniker 'the invisible sheik.'
    He competes with Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a 'Top Model' rat race for the coveted 'next Bin Laden' title.
    While his differences with Zawahiri were mainly operational, it is believed his ruthless willingness to kill Sunni Muslims is what got him kicked out of Al-Qaeda.
    He transformed ISIS from a regional Al-Qaeda knockoff embroiled in Syria/Iraq-skirmishes to a major geopolitical terrorist franchise.
    He proudly bears responsibility for ISIS-led terrorist attacks (e.g. the November 2015 Paris attacks which claimed 130 lives).
    He inspired the perpetrators of the San Bernadino and Orlando terrorist attacks in 2015 and 2016 (both had sworn allegiance to ISIS on social media).
    His wife revealed that he tortured and raped captured American journalist Kayla Mueller; maintaining her as his virtual sex slave before eventually killing her.
    He was falsely reported dead after a November 2014 explosion in Iraq.
    He made his first known appearance as a public figure in 2014, giving a sermon at a mosque in northern Iraq (previously only two known photos of him had existed).
    Bizarrely, media outlets seemed less interested in his call to wage a global 'Jihad' on God's enemies than they were the brand of watch he chose to wear to the event (high-priced Rolex vs. custom-made al-Fajir 'Islamic watch').

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is capable of reciting Koranic verses by memory.
    He was the Messi of his local football/soccer team.
    He earned a doctorate degree in education from the University of Baghdad.
    He reportedly enjoyed a quiet life with his family until the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
    Some claim that his four years spent in a U.S.-run detention Camp Bucca in 2006 led to his perceived 'radicalization.'
    He holds a rock-star status that any movie star or internet personality would kill for.
    He was severely incapacitated by during a coalition airstrike on the al-Baaj District; to the point where he was reportedly unable to oversee the daily ISIL operations (Mar. 18, 2015).

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 13 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 991 Votes: 69.83% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 889 Votes: 57.48% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1266 Votes: 72.83% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1344 Votes: 60.19% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8201 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7635 Votes: 65.58% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 635 Votes: 81.10% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 245 Votes: 96.73% Annoying