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.
Krajem sedamdesetih postao je jedan od osnivača Egipatskog islamskog džihada (EIJ), organizacije koja se protivila sekularnom režimu zemlje i trudila se da ga zbaci nasilnim putem.