Jordan arrests a wake-up call to Muslim Brotherhood threat

Jordanian authorities last week arrested 16 individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were allegedly plotting a series of drone and rocket attacks inside the kingdom. This was not some isolated extremist cell — it was a coordinated network, reportedly trained and funded out of Lebanon, that was preparing to unleash violence and instability on Jordanian soil. Security forces uncovered a drone manufacturing site and even a rocket ready for launch. This level of planning speaks to the enduring organizational strength and ideological reach of the Brotherhood, despite repeated claims of its decline.

Jordan’s government has been monitoring this network since 2021. But the timing of the arrests was telling, coming just seven months after the Brotherhood’s political arm in the country, the Islamic Action Front, gained significant traction in Jordan’s 2024 parliamentary elections.

The same group that promises reform at the ballot box is tied, through ideology and network, to plots of destruction behind closed doors. And that should send a chilling message to the rest of the world. Because the threat is not limited to Jordan, it is already in the West, cloaked in slogans and protests and backed by forces determined to weaken societies from within.

The Muslim Brotherhood has long mastered the art of political doublespeak. In the Middle East, it uses religion as a tool to manipulate the masses and gain power. In the West, it wraps itself in the language of democracy and human rights. Its operatives have learned how to navigate liberal institutions, exploit civil liberties and embed themselves in community organizations under the guise of advocacy.

Make no mistake: this is a radical Islamist movement that has never given up on its founding goal: the creation of regimes that rule by Shariah. The only thing that has changed is its strategy. Violence remains on the table, but the preferred battlefield is now cultural and political. The Brotherhood does not need to overthrow governments when it can influence them from within.

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