Jordan Suspends Board of Leading Islamist Charity
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Jordan’s prosecutor general has suspended the board running the Moslem Brotherhood’s main charity ahead of taking over control of the financial arm of the country’s largest opposition party, officials said on Monday. The move comes after a cabinet decision last Wednesday to refer the Islamic Charity Society to the public prosecutor to start an investigation into alleged financial irregularities, according to a reported by Reuters news agency.
The government minister in charge of supervising private charities, Suleiman Tarawneh, told the state news agency Petra the central bank has “revoked the authorizations of the board in any financial transaction and a new temporary executive board would be appointed in the next few days to run the charity”. A decision to close the charity would mark the toughest crackdown on the Islamist movement, the kingdom’s largest opposition group, since the government got tough over the Muslim Brotherhood’s stance against a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
The charity, which runs a wide network of welfare centers across the country with more than $1 billion worth of assets, is seen by officials as the financial arm of the Islamists. It dispenses millions of dollars of aid to needy Jordanians that officials say is behind the influence of the Islamists. But officials say private donations are improperly used to finance the Brotherhood’s growing political role.
Much of the Islamist’s popularity has stemmed from its provision of services funded through charities as well as its opposition to peace with Israel and a vocal criticism of government corruption. Jordan’s close ties with the United States and its 1994 peace deal with Israel are unpopular with many in the kingdom. The Islamist Action Front (IAF), the Brotherhood’s political arm with 17 deputies in the 110-member assembly, has called for sweeping political reforms, including an elected government and changes in an electoral law that works against their chances of gaining political control.
charity, charity fraud, Muslim Brotherhood
Charity News Online
Jordan’s prosecutor general has suspended the board running the Moslem Brotherhood’s main charity ahead of taking over control of the financial arm of the country’s largest opposition party, officials said on Monday. The move comes after a cabinet decision last Wednesday to refer the Islamic Charity Society to the public prosecutor to start an investigation into alleged financial irregularities, according to a reported by Reuters news agency.
The government minister in charge of supervising private charities, Suleiman Tarawneh, told the state news agency Petra the central bank has “revoked the authorizations of the board in any financial transaction and a new temporary executive board would be appointed in the next few days to run the charity”. A decision to close the charity would mark the toughest crackdown on the Islamist movement, the kingdom’s largest opposition group, since the government got tough over the Muslim Brotherhood’s stance against a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
The charity, which runs a wide network of welfare centers across the country with more than $1 billion worth of assets, is seen by officials as the financial arm of the Islamists. It dispenses millions of dollars of aid to needy Jordanians that officials say is behind the influence of the Islamists. But officials say private donations are improperly used to finance the Brotherhood’s growing political role.
Much of the Islamist’s popularity has stemmed from its provision of services funded through charities as well as its opposition to peace with Israel and a vocal criticism of government corruption. Jordan’s close ties with the United States and its 1994 peace deal with Israel are unpopular with many in the kingdom. The Islamist Action Front (IAF), the Brotherhood’s political arm with 17 deputies in the 110-member assembly, has called for sweeping political reforms, including an elected government and changes in an electoral law that works against their chances of gaining political control.
charity, charity fraud, Muslim Brotherhood
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