The Jihad organization, al-Jihad is named after the Islamic term, jihad, which is the “holy combat.”[49] As an organization, the Jihad is more of an “alliance to like-minded Islamists than a single bureaucratic entity,” and it has two main branches in Egypt, in Cairo and in Asyut, but the Jihad organization has built a following in countries all throughout the Middle East.[50] This is where al-Jihad differs from other groups such as the Takfir group that was led by one leader[51] It was a collective organization run by several committees, leadership apparatuses, and departments.[52] However, both groups relied on friendship ties to recruit from lower to middle class groups that formed a good portion of the new city populations.[53] Al-Jihad successfully recruited from private mosques, which had become more common because they provided a safe meeting place for militants and recruits.[54]