AS have been planted by the west just like AQ in the middle east in the late 90's to early 2000's. This isn't about religion it's about destabilising Somali people as a whole. Their needs to be a team effort by the citizens of the country as a whole to get rid of these guys and an incompetent government just isn't cutting it brothaY’all might hate me for this but the quickest way to defeat these guys is categorically opposing the idea of governing by the sharia. The overwhelming majority of the people don’t have substantial opposition or disagreement with Al shabab. It’s all around the edges.
That’s why an AS takeover isn’t really that bad according to many on this forum.