Jordan prohibits the Muslim Brotherhood after arrests for attacks on attack

The Jordan government banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after she said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rockets and drones.

Interior Minister Mazen Al Farai said at a press conference that all the brotherhood’s offices would be closed and his assets were confiscated and that any activities would be considered illegal.

There was no immediate response from the Brotherhood, which denied any relationship with the alleged conspiracy of the attack.

It is unclear how the ban will affect the political hand of the group – the Islamic Front of Action, which is the largest opposition group in parliament. But his plant was attacked by police after Farai’s announcement.

IAF Secretary General, Wael Saqqa, insisted that it was an independent political party, explaining that there was no “connection with another organizational body”.

“We always declare that we are committed to ordering the law and provisions of the Constitution,” he said.

In 2020, the best court of Jordan ruled that the Brotherhood was “dissolved” as it did not regulate its legal status.

However, the group continued its political and other activities, and IAF participated in last year’s parliamentary elections, winning 31 out of 138 seats.

Last week, Jordan’s Intelligence Department said he had arrested 16 people suspected of planning attacks aimed at “targeting national security, chaos and sabotage.”

They included the possession of explosives and automatic weapons, the production of rockets, the hiding of a rocket, ready to start, a draft production and training project in both Jordan and abroad, the statement said.

During the Faraya press conference, the members of the brotherhood “operate in the shadows and participate in activities that could undermine stability and security.”

Authorities have found “explosives and weapons transported between Jordanian cities and stored in residential areas”, as well as concealed missile and training and recruitment operations, he said.

He also said that brotherhood members have tried to remove and destroy documents from their plant “in an attempt to conceal their activities and suspicious accessories.”

The group denied participating in or knowledge of the alleged attack plot and stressed that he was “engaged in his peaceful approach”.

The Brotherhood was founded in Egypt almost 100 years ago and has local branches around the world. One of its goals is to create a country governed by Islamic law or Sharia.

He is outlaw in Egypt and several Arab countries whose governments regard him as a threat.