Here is what to know about the Muslim Brotherhood, which Jordan has banned

Jordan accused the Muslim Brotherhood of planning in the country and presented a blanket ban Against the group on Wednesday, in a move that could close the largest opposition party in the country, the Islamic Action Front, the group’s political arm in Jordan.

The Islamic Action Front won foothold In Parliament last year after its campaign against the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Here is more about the Muslim Brotherhood and its continuation across the Middle East.

What is the Muslim Brotherhood?

The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni Islamic movement founded by Hassan Al -Banna, a teacher in Egypt, who argued that religious renewal will help the Islamic world to formulate the western colonialism and influence.

Sometimes it was contradictory to the group’s focus and avoiding determining the shape of the Islamic government. Mr. Al -Banna was Assassination In 1949 at the age of 43.

However, the group’s doctrine has spread throughout the region, where many political movements, which operate loose and independent, followed to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Some relevant groups use the Muslim Brotherhood in their names, but others do not. Likewise, some groups are explicitly related to the Muslim Brotherhood, while others are sorted or descendants.

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced violence, but some people who are frustrated by the group’s position have left more militant organizations, such as Al Qaeda.

What happened in Jordan?

The announcement came on Wednesday after a week of Jordanian security Services They said they arrested 16 people accused of threatening national security with weapons and explosives, and they plan to make drones.

Jordanian Minister of Interior, Mazin Al -Faria, Proposal In a press conference that the conspiracy was linked to the group, saying that “the elements of the Muslim Brotherhood” were “worked in the dark to implement activities that undermine stability and tampering with security and national unity.”

The Muslim Brotherhood did not immediately respond to the request to comment on Jordan’s ban.

This is not the first time that Jordan has moved against the group.

In 2016, Jordan closed the Muslim Brotherhood Headquarters In Amman, the capital, and in 2020, the court took steps towards the group’s dissolution. But the Islamic Action Front was allowed Complement Operations.

Experts say that the full ban on Jordan on Wednesday may be linked to the global decline against Hamas, which was founded by an active man in the Muslim Brotherhood during the first Palestinian intifada against Israeli control of the West Bank and Gaza.

John B. said. “I think the Jordanian government feels pressure from the Trump administration’s eagerness to push people from the Gaza Strip to other countries.” But he said that logic is not clear in the end.

He added: “There is a way in which Gaza is playing now, which creates local concerns of the Jordanian government, which may make them less tolerant of political opposition and make them more fearful of local turmoil.”

A large part of the Jordanian population is a Palestinian, and Jordan has witnessed a local dissatisfaction with the war in Gaza, especially after the Jordanian government Backed Israel in Iranian missiles last spring.

An internal crack in the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is growing in recent years. Moderate members want to calm tensions between the government and the group, while the most aggressive factions prefer to challenge the rulers of the country over rights and reforms.

How is the group displayed around the world?

During President Trump’s first term, his administration looked at describing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, which would have imposed wide restrictions on travel and economics on people interacting with the coherent remote group.

The suggestion in the Middle East suggested that the officials and experts have been criticized, who said this step could have unintended consequences.

Some of the movements of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab countries defended democratic elections, causing friction in the places led by authoritarian governments.

The support of the group in places that was one day, such as Egypt and Tunisia, partly diminished because governments have taken the group’s repression. In Egypt, for example, the army took off the first democratic elected president in the country, Mohamed Morsi, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was elected in the Arab Spring. The country’s leaders in 2013 Blocking the group Many of its members were imprisoned.

What is the following for the Islamic Action Front?

It is not immediately clear how the ban will affect Islamic work.

The police surrounded the group’s headquarters in Amman on Wednesday, and at a press conference, the party’s Secretary -General, Will Sakha, said that the members were surprised by the inspection conducted by the authorities, but they voluntarily complied.

The Islamic Action Front did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Vivian Nermeand David de Kirkpatrick and RNA F. Suez The reports contributed.