Major Development: Jordan bans the radical Islamist “Muslim Brotherhood” as it prepares for parliamentary elections.
(Washington, D.C.) — The extremist and often violent global movement known as the Muslim Brotherhood has been dealt a severe blow as five judges in a top court in the Kingdom of Jordan decreed the organization illegal.
The Brotherhood is now being dissolved and will not be permitted to compete in Jordan’s upcoming November 10th parliamentary elections that were just announced.
Sheikh Hamza Mansur, head of the Jordanian organization’s ruling council, told Agence France Presse his group would appeal the ruling.
“The Muslim Brotherhood…is a model of moderation and an important element in strengthening national unity, so dissolving it is not in the national interest,” he told AFP.
However, a growing number of Arab countries do not see the Brotherhood as a “model of moderation.” Just the opposite. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have banned the radical organization and branded them as terrorists.
Members of the Brotherhood assassinated Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat in 1981.
In 1987, Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip formed an offshoot of the Brotherhood which they named “Hamas,” with the mission of annihilating Israel off the map.
Turkey and Qatar, by contrast, actively support the Brotherhood, both financially and politically.
The Trump administration has been considering designating the group a terrorist organization – a move backed by a number of Evangelical leaders, myself included – but has not yet come to a decision.
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More Countries Ban Muslim Brotherhood
The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood is the oldest and most popular Islamist group in the country. Established in 1945 as a franchise to the mother group in Egypt, it became the driving force for Islamists in the country and was behind the foundation of the country's chief Islamist party, The Islamic Action Front (IAF). Despite Jordan's 1999 ban against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, the Islamic Action Front maintained strong ties to the terrorist Palestinian group through Jordanian MB deputy leader Zaki Bani Arshid. Arshid coordinated political stances with Hamas.
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