The Sun's Chilling Front Page: The World's Most Powerful Terrorist

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UK's "The Sun" calls ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the world's most powerful terrorist and "more influential than Osama Bin Laden" in its top story on Wednesday.

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Here's the chilling front page:

On Sunday, Baghdadi was declared the leader of a caliphate, or Islamic state, taking over vast areas of Syria and Iraq.

Baghdadi is the first "caliph" of all Muslims since the fall of the Ottoman Empire almost 100 years ago. The jihadist militant group operates separately from Al-Qaeda and is attracting extremists worldwide who want to join global jihad.

The Telegraph reported that Hassan Hassan, an analyst at Abu Dhabi's Delma Institute, said: "Jihadism has evolved significantly. It is no longer limited to narrow 'elitists' who travel to distant countries to wage jihad. Today's jihad is more sophisticated and individualized and can be waged everywhere."