Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood group and closes its offices
- 2025-04-23 09:08:25

"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," said Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya.
Jordan will "close any offices or headquarters used by the group, even if they are in partnership with any other parties," added al-Faraya.
“It has been decided to accelerate the work of the dissolution committee tasked with confiscating the group’s assets in accordance with the relevant judicial rulings,” al-Faraya said.
He also declared a ban on “promoting the ideas of the group under penalty of legal accountability” and confirmed that “membership in the group is now prohibited.”
al-Faraya further stated, “It has been decided to prohibit dealing with or publishing about the so-called dissolved Muslim Brotherhood and all of its fronts and branches,” stressing that “necessary measures will be taken against any individual or entity proven to be involved in criminal acts related to the announced cases or the dissolved group.”
Last week, Jordan arrested 16 people it accused of planning to target national security and sow "chaos."
Jordan’s intelligence service said the suspects were arrested for "manufacturing rockets using local tools as well as tools imported for illegal purposes, possession of explosives and firearms, concealing a rocket ready to be deployed, planning to manufacture drones, and recruiting and training operatives in Jordan as well as training them abroad.
It mentioned that the arrests came after close intelligence monitoring since 2021.
On Wednesday, al-Faraya said that "on the same night the plans were announced last week, the dissolved group attempted to smuggle and destroy large quantities of documents from its premises in an effort to conceal its activities and suspicious connections."
"The continued practices of the dissolved group expose our society to a range of risks and also pose a threat to the lives of citizens, at a time when the state is working to maintain security and stability and to move forward with the development process amid the challenges facing the region and the world," the interior minister added.
Meanwhile, Jordanian law enforcement began inspecting several locations used by the “dissolved” Muslim Brotherhood in various governorates across the kingdom on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation, according to the Jordan News Agency (Petra).