After the
Egyptian revolution in January 2011 and the downfall of
Hosni Mubarak's regime, many Islamic groups decided to establish political parties in Egypt. The Salafi Call (Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya) formed its own party which is the
Al-Nour Party and Makhioum was one of the founding members of the new party in May 2011. Makhioun was a parliament member as representing the
Al-Nour Party after the
2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election also a member of the constituent assembly which made the draft of the Egyptian current constitution: In March 2012, he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the
Constituent Assembly of Egypt, and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012. In August 2012 he objected to the Egyptian government accepting an
IMF loan, on the grounds that "Borrowing from abroad is
usury". He has also clashed with liberals over
press freedoms, demanding severe sentencing for
libel and
slander: Makhioun was elected in January 2013 as president of the party after the resignation of
Emad Abdel-Ghaffour. He, as chairman of al-Nour, was a visible representative of the party during the
July 2013 coup against
Mohamed Morsi. Initially supportive of the army's removal of Morsi on 3 July, Makhyoun announced al-Nour's withdrawal from the anti-Morsi coalition after the
"massacre" on 8 July, in which dozens of Morsi supporters were killed. Makhioun is known for his opposition to
football, calling on Egyptians to stop watching the
2022 FIFA World Cup. In the same statement he called
Lionel Messi an "enemy of Islam". ==Personal life==