Krajem 1970-tih, on je postao jedan od osnivača Egipatskog islamskog džihada (EIJ), organizacije koja se protivila sekularnom režimu u zemlji i išla na njegovo zbacivanje nasilnim sredstvima.
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.