translation.bs: 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.
translation.en: 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.