Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood, accuses group of plotting attacks
Jordan declared on April 23rd that it was prohibiting the operations of the Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, alleging it has manufactured and accumulated a large amount of weapons and intends to bring instability to the country.
This follows the authorities saying they apprehended 16 people, such as members of the movement, concerning a purported sabotage plan, France 24 via Reuters and AFP reported.
Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said: “It has been decided to ban all activities of the so-called Muslim Brotherhood and to consider any activity (carried out by it) a violation of the provisions of the law.”
France 24 via Reuters and AFP
