In his book "Knights under the flag of the Prophet," Ayman Al-Zawahri directed much criticism against Montasser Al-Zayyat, the fundamentalists’ lawyer, for sponsoring the initiative to cease violence. Al-Zawahri claimed that Al-Zayyat enjoys security facilities that many ministers do not enjoy and that he sought to give the impression that the concept of the Islamic jihad as practiced by the Islamic groups is a form of violence in the favor of those who will get benefits from the initiative.