Jordan cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates belongings
Jordan on Wednesday introduced that it might implement a widespread ban on the actions of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group that has been outlawed in a number of different Arab international locations. Jordan banned the Muslim Brotherhood a decade in the past however formally licensed a splinter group and continued to tolerate the Islamic Motion Entrance whereas proscribing a few of its actions. It was not instantly clear how far the most recent ban would go, Al Jazeera reported.
Police surrounded the social gathering’s headquarters on Wednesday and have been looking out it in a pivotal second for Jordan.
The announcement got here every week after Jordanian safety companies mentioned that they’d arrested 16 individuals accused of plotting threats to nationwide safety involving weapons, explosives and plans to fabricate drones and practice combatants, each at house and overseas.
The Jordanian inside minister, Mazin Al Farrayeh, urged in a televised information convention on Wednesday that the plot was linked to the group, saying “parts of the Muslim Brotherhood” had “labored in darkness to hold out actions that undermine stability and tamper with safety and nationwide unity.”
He mentioned explosives and weapons had been found and added that the night time the plot was introduced, the Muslim Brotherhood had “tried to smuggle and destroy numerous paperwork.” He additionally mentioned authorities had found an explosives manufacturing operation linked to a son of one of many group’s leaders.
What’s the Muslim Brotherhood? Which international locations have already banned it?
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist group that originated in Egypt in 1928, based by Hassan al-Banna. Its core mission has been to advertise a society ruled by Islamic ideas, together with the implementation of Sharia (Islamic regulation), by way of social reform, training, and, in some circumstances, political engagement.
Listing of nations which have outlawed Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt: Banned and declared a terrorist group in 2013 after the ousting of Morsi.
Saudi Arabia: Banned and designated a terrorist group in 2014.
United Arab Emirates: Banned and listed as a terrorist group.
Russia: Designated as a terrorist group.
Syria: Banned for the reason that Sixties; brutal crackdowns occurred within the Nineteen Eighties.
Bahrain: Banned, particularly after hyperlinks to political unrest.
Israel: Banned and seen as a hostile group.
Austria: Took steps to ban actions linked to political Islam, together with Brotherhood-affiliated teams.
Germany: Not formally banned, however beneath surveillance on account of issues about extremism and anti-democratic actions.
Authorized or Semi-Tolerated (however monitored):
Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Tunisia have Brotherhood-affiliated events that take part in politics to various levels, though tensions and restrictions exist.
