 He added that his organization did not share al-Shabaab's political philosophy and that he felt the militant group had been considerably "weakened".Moallim also indicated that Hizbul Islam was open to talks with any political actors in the country working for a common good.Starting in early 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a series of videos online aimed at al-Shabaab, calling on the group to switch allegiances from al-Qaeda to ISIL's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.