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Is fall of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood just a beginning?

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19/05/2025

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19/05/2025

Is fall of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood just a beginning?

In 1945, Abdul Latif Qura founded the Muslim Brotherhood in the Emirate of Transjordan, which later became the Kingdom of Jordan. Around the same time, the late Abdul Aziz Al-Ali Al-Mutawa established the same group in Kuwait. Initially, both organizations started as peaceful charitable groups, focused on promoting good morals and avoiding political involvement. I don’t know anyone from my generation, or older, who was not once a member of this organization. However, as the group became increasingly embroiled in political quagmires, some of its early founders, including Abdul Aziz Al-Mutawa, distanced themselves from it, leaving it in the hands of those more aligned with Al-Banna’s radical ideology.

Over time, the organization collapsed. In the early 1960s, the Muslim Brotherhood was revived, taking on a more hard-line stance and increasingly infiltrating political life, with the backing of influential government agencies. After the defeat in June 1967, the group’s influence grew, along with the other branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. In this context, scholar Mohamed Metwally Al-Shaarawy famously remarked that he thanked God for the defeat of the “atheist” Soviet weapons used by his country’s army, which were countered by the “faithful” American weapons used by Israel in that war.

The Muslim Brotherhood, outside of Egypt, has always been a peculiar offshoot of the original organization. Evidence of this lies in the fact that, for 70 years, the Supreme Guidance Council of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has led the international organization, has never included any members from outside Egypt, except as symbolic figures, primarily to enhance financial gain. The Muslim Brotherhood is notorious for its volatility and pragmatism. It can be seen supporting state authority one day, opposing it the next, and then aligning with the government again for years, depending on the laws that serve its interests and the ministries it controls. One of the biggest dangers has been the Muslim Brotherhood’s control over education curricula for more than half a century. It is ironic that the Muslim Brotherhood parties in Egypt and Jordan have long relied on funding from the Gulf, particularly Kuwait, and yet, they were the first to betray Kuwait when Saddam Hussein invaded the country. The Muslim Brotherhood’s acceptance of billions in foreign funding stands as one of the most telling contradictions to their claims of independence.

The dramatic 180-degree shift in their stance after Kuwait’s liberation serves as clear evidence of their true nature. The ultimate goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is to seize power and establish a caliphate, with the caliph inevitably being the same as their Supreme Guide once they gain control in any country. The Muslim Brotherhood has no homeland; they believe in a universal regime. Given this, how can any government genuinely accept or compromise with them, even reluctantly? Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia made no mistake in taking action against the Muslim Brotherhood in their societies.

Testimonies from senior officials in these countries reveal the group’s treachery, malicious intent, and the urgent need to prevent their activities. Many intelligence reports have shown that the Muslim Brotherhood uses charitable organizations and associations as fronts to fund its operations and spread its ideology worldwide, extending beyond Arab and Islamic nations. In response, the governments took decisive action by shutting down all fundraising websites that specialized in collecting donations for many, often fraudulent projects. The funds raised were frequently funneled to organizations or parties linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, and eventually ended up in their secret bank accounts.

By Ahmad alsarraf
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