Mohamed Abu Samra
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Mohamed Abu Samra is the secretary-general of the Islamic Party,[1] the political arm of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.[2] Abu Samra stated in an interview in April 2013 that the Muslim Brotherhood was not successful in applying Sharia (Islamic law) and that he supported a change of government.[3] In an interview with Cairo Al-Akhbar, he called for a revolt if President Mohamed Morsi was deposed.[4] As of September 2013 he called for peaceful protests and disavowed the actions of jihadist groups in the Sinai.[5] He called on Egyptian judges to adhere to the law by stopping their strike that occurred in 2012.[6] Abu Samra said that he would be opposed towards returning Israeli Jews of Egyptian descent to Egypt in response to a comment made by Essam el-Erian, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party and an adviser to then president Mohamed Morsi; he also stated that according to Sharia law, Jews deserve to be fought and killed by Muslims.[7]
