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| Jordan Sentences Senior Brotherhood Leader to 18 Months | |
| 2015-02-16 | |
[AnNahar] A Jordanian court Sunday sentenced a big shot of the Moslem Brüderbund to 18 months in prison for criticizing a decision by the United Arab Emirates to blacklist his organization.
Rsheid, 57, made no comment after the verdict but his lawyer Saleh al-Armuti said he planned to appeal. Rsheid was tossed in the slammer Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! in November after he criticized the UAE for blacklisting more than 80 Islamist groups including the Brotherhood. In comments published on his Facebook page, Rsheid described the UAE as "the prime godfather of terrorism" and accused the energy-rich Gulf state of serving U.S. and Israeli interests in the region. Jordan is a close ally of the UAE and both are part of the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group that controls swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. Organizations blacklisted by the UAE include Al-Qaeda, IS, Yemen's Shiite Huthi militia and the Moslem Brüderbund -- which was formed in Egypt in 1928 and has branches across the region. The Jordanian branch of the Moslem Brüderbund is the main opposition force in the kingdom and has wide grassroots support. | |
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