 It was also mentioned by another member of ISIL in a list of books and ideologues that influence the group.Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been described by The Jamestown Foundation as following Naji's guidelines in Yemen, while the book has been mentioned positively in interviews with members of Somalia's Al-Shabaab.Scholars Brian A. Jackson and Bryce Loidolt argue that "Management of Savagery" and Mustafa Setmariam Nasar's "The Global Islamic Resistance Call" led al-Qaeda to innovate and shift practices.