He also backed the protests started by Tamarod[6] that led to the 2013 Egyptian coup.[7] Naeem stated in an interview that the Muslim Brotherhood should be overthrown by the military.[8] He has also stated that the Muslim Brotherhood "used Islam as a tool of repression."[2] In his criticism stated in May 2013, he has called the Brotherhood a "dictatorial organization."[9] In a news conference held by the Association for Victims of the Muslim Brotherhood Regime on 28 September, Na'eem called Mohamed Morsi a "traitor."[10]