Ikrima

Infobox criminal organization = Al-Shabaab birth_date = or ), better known as Ikrima, is an Islamist militant described as one of the most dangerous commanders of the Somali radical jihadist organisation Al-Shabaab. He has reportedly been central in the planning of several terror attacks, and responsible for forging links between Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of State designated Abdikadir as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He lived in Norway as an asylum seeker from 2004 to 2008 in the town of Moelv, where he received Norwegian travel documents. He thereafter lived in the United Kingdom for about a year. He is reported to speak several languages, including English, Somali, Swahili, French, Norwegian and some Arabic.

He has allegedly been involved in several terror plots in Kenya, including a plot targeting the Mandera Airport in April 2013, a 2011 plot of training youth to become terrorists, and Al-Qaeda-sanctioned plots of attacks in 2011 and 2012 against the Kenyan parliament, United Nations offices in Nairobi and Kenyan politicians. It has been speculated that he may have been involved in the planning of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack, notably as one of the perpetrators, Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow was a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin.

Ikrima was the target of the unsuccessful October 2013 raid on Barawe by US Navy SEALs in the town of Barawa in Somalia.