"The loss of one person, Braniff believes, even someone like Baghdadi, will not likely destroy a significant terror organization like ISIS. Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project has a slightly different view. 'Baghdadi’s main role at this point was not so much the operational control of individual attacks, including in Iraq or Syria, let alone globally, but to serve as a symbolic rallying point for the members of ISIL and the individual to which new members and groups could pledge bayat, which is a central concept for these groups that generates loyalty.' Schindler said Baghdadi’s death poses two major challenges. 'The immediate challenge is that all the loyalty oaths have been to him,' Schindler said. 'Therefore, anyone or any group wishing to leave ISIL can now argue that with the death of Baghdadi, their oath of loyalty died with him. The more long-term challenge is going to be to find a new leader that is acceptable for the global organization and frankly, this is going to take some time.'"