Mohamed Abu Samra is the current secretary-general of the
Islamic Party
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, which is the political arm of
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
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. Abu Samra stated in an interview that the
Muslim Brotherhood
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was not successful in applying
Sharia
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and that he supported the changing of the government. However, in an interview with Cairo Al-Akhbar, he called for a revolt if President
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Essam el-Erian
Essam al-Din Muhammad Hussein el-Erian ( ar, عصام الدين محمد حسين العريان) (28 April 1954 – 13 August 2020) was an Egyptian physician and politician. He was the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice party. Formerly ...