In the late 1970s, he became one of the founders of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), an organisation opposed to the country's secular regime and seeking its overthrow through violent means.
Koncem sedamdesetih godina postao je jedan od utemeljitelja Egipatskog islamskog džihada (EIJ), organizacije koja se protivila sekularnom režimu te zemlje i trudila se srušiti ga nasilnim putem.