The two were part of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood delegation which was present at the funeral of former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan in 2011.
Other Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders who were present at Erbakan's funeral included Mahdi Akef, Mahmoud Ezzat, Saad El-Katatni, Ayman Aly and Youssef Nada.
On 18 August 2013 a group of high-level Muslim Brotherhood members came together in the Westin Palace Hotel in Milan to strategize about the reaction to the military coup in Egypt.
[11] Following the meeting he gave a press conference where he focused on the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood would only use non-violent resistance to the army.
[12] In November 2014 a meeting of leaders of Islamic movements from 30 countries met in Lahore, Pakistan, where they visited the three-day public gathering of Jamaat-e-Islami.