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All eyes are on the moderate and centrist wings within the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front to contain a possible fallout from Wednesday’s [September 22’s] arrest of Hamas politburo chief Khaled Misha’al and the movement’s spokesman, Ibrahim Ghosheh.
The chief defense lawyer for two Hamas leaders detained on charges of belonging to an illegal group said on Friday he will seek his clients’ release on bail on Saturday.
Jordan was forced to launch an unprecedented crackdown on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it found "proof" of a threat to its security as serious as the bloody 1970 Black September clashes with Palestinian radicals, a top official said Thursday.
Lawmakers gave mixed reactions to detention of two leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. Some deputies supported the government in its claim that Hamas was working against the national interests of Jordan, while others said the government’s escalation of the two-week discord was...
Authorities detained Hamas Politburo chief Khalid Misha’al, the group’s spokesman Ibrahim Ghosheh and politburo member Musa Abu Marzouk upon their arrival at Queen Alia International Airport.
[Letter to the editor ] Thanks to the courageous work of human rights activists and the ordinary Jordanian citizen, who consciously and persistently have spoken out and condemned the horrible injustices inflicted upon women in our society, the campaign against " crimes of honor " in Jordan is...
His Majesty King Abdullah’s advisor on Islamic affairs called for amendments to the penal code which they believe encourages men to kill female relatives for involvement - real or suspected - in illicit relationships.
Last week the United States State Department issued its first annual Report on International Religious Freedom, documenting the American view of the state of religious freedom or persecution in most countries around the world. This noble aim, however, is not well served by the chosen means.
Prime Minister Abdur-Ra’uf S. Rawabdeh had a late night meeting with Muslim Brotherhood leaders for talks on the closure of the offices of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in Jordan.
Weapons seized by the authorities in offices of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, were "not illegal," Hamas’ spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin said.

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