Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Amman closed

AMMAN — Jordanian security services on Wednesday closed the Amman headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s main opposition force, a security source and lawyer for the movement said. “Jordanian security searched the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood and evacuated it before sealing off the entrance with red wax,” lawyer Abdelkader Al-Khatib told AFP. “This is clearly a political decision in line with what is happening in the region,” he added. A security source told AFP that the movement’s headquarters were “closed on the order of the governor of the capital as the Brotherhood did not obtain legal authorization” for its activities. The Jordanian authorities view the Brotherhood as an illegal organization because its license was not renewed in accordance with a political parties law adopted in 2014. The Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was formed in Egypt in 1928 and has affiliates across the region, has wide grassroots support in the kingdom. — AFP