Nabil Na'eem

Nabeel Naeem Abdul Fattah[3] (Arabic: نبيل نعيم عبد الفتاح‎) is the founder of the Democratic Jihad Party[2] as well as a contributor to Asharq Al-Awsat.[4] He was also the leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad from 1988 until 1992.[3]

Nabil Naeem
Born
Nabeel Naeem Abdul Fattah

1956 (age 64–65)[1]
Cairo, Egypt[1]
NationalityEgyptian[1]
Alma materCairo University[1]
Political partyDemocratic Jihad Party[2]
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (1988–1992)

He was arrested by Egypt in 1991 and not released until the 2011 Egyptian revolution.[1] He and Ismail Nasr wrote up a document abandoning violence towards the state, though it did not gain much support, partly because he was not theologically qualified.[5] The revisions of Sayyid Imam al-Sharif were more widely accepted among members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.[5]

Criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood

He also backed the protests started by Tamarod[6] that led to the 2013 Egyptian coup.[7] Naeem stated in an interview that the Muslim Brotherhood should be overthrown by the military.[8] He has also stated that the Muslim Brotherhood "used Islam as a tool of repression."[2] In his criticism stated in May 2013, he has called the Brotherhood a "dictatorial organization."[9] In a news conference held by the Association for Victims of the Muslim Brotherhood Regime on 28 September, Na'eem called Mohamed Morsi a "traitor."[10]

References
  1. "Nabil Naim: Al-Zawahiri tried to kill Hassan al-Alfi and Atef Siddiqi". Islam Times. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. "New Shafiq-sponsored coalition". Daily News Egypt. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Egyptian jihadist leader: Bin Laden blew himself up to avoid capture". Gulf News. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. "Debate: Ideology is most important in defeating Al-Qaeda". Asharq Al-Awsat. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. "Leading Egyptian Jihadist Sayyid Imam Renounces Violence". Combating Terrorism Center. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. "Former Jihadist leader plans to participate in 30 June protests". Ahram Online. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  7. "Egypt crisis: Army ousts President Mohammed Morsi". BBC. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  8. "Activists claim 1 million signatures supporting military takeover". Egypt Independent. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. "Clip transcript". MEMRI. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  10. "El-Beblawi's government is a failure: Association for Victims of the Muslim Brotherhood Regime". Daily News Egypt. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.


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