Mohamed Abu Samra is the current secretary-general of the Islamic Party, [1] which is 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 and that he supported the changing of the government. [3] However, in an interview with Cairo Al-Akhbar, he called for a revolt if President Mohamed Morsi was deposed. [4] As of September 2013 he was calling 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]