“The Muslim Brotherhood and all its activities are banned.” With that declaration, Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Farayya broke with decades of restraint toward the influential Islamist movement. The April 23 announcement came just days after authorities arrested 16 operatives accused of building rockets and drones, stockpiling weapons, and recruiting terrorists …

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Jordan has announced a complete ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, saying it would close the group’s offices and punish any discussion of it Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s most vocal opposition group, on Wednesday and confiscated its assets, Interior Minister Mazen Fraya announced. The ban comes eight days …