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]
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]
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