Career
He was also the leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad from 1988 until 1992. He was arrested by Egypt in 1991 and not released until the 2011 Egyptian revolution. 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.
He also backed the protests started by Tamarod that led to the 2013 Egyptian coup. Naeem stated in an interview that the Muslim Brotherhood should be overthrown by the military.
