Egypt's Jama'a Islameya (Islamic Group) former military wing leader Mamdouh Youssef incited all Islamic militias at home and overseas to collectively attack the Egyptian military, Al-Bawaba News reported Saturday. "Assaulting the Egyptian army enables Islam to have the upper hand," Mr. Youssef's Facebook post read. "School curricula and media outlets deceived us into thinking the military has been protecting the country. We have to restructure our understanding of the army," the post added. The die-hard militant added compromises with the armed forces are fruitless, stressing on the necessity to fight the army to make Islam prevails. Jama'a Islameya is a key supporter of the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) formed after the former president Mohamed Morsi was ousted July 2013 amid military-backed mass street protests. Internal voices, however, fight for withdrawing from the pro-MB alliance. The most influential Islamic group is currently moaning under large-scale defections with Yasser Faraweila, founder of the Jama'a Islamiya Rebellion movement stressing on his desire to adopt a more peaceful track with the incumbent regime. Jama'a Islamiya, the once most perilous terrorist group in Egypt, with a string of assassinations against security personnel, thinkers, tourists and facilities declared denouncement of violent ideology at the turn of the Millennium and entered the political scene following the 2011 uprising with the formation of their Construction and Development Party.
