The rulings issued by the Jordanian judiciary on Sunday, in what is known as the
“collecting donations and money laundering” case, implicitly suggest the continued opening of the “Muslim Brotherhood Association” file in the country.
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The court decisions issued on Sunday closed the money laundering and fundraising case linked to seven leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood association .
Decisions are subject to appeal within one month of the issuance of the judgment.
The sanctions also targeted the group’s former general supervisor , Sheikh Murad Al-Adhaileh , who was acquitted of the charge of participating in violating the money laundering law, but was convicted along with another leader, Tariq Al-Raqab, of the misdemeanor of collecting donations illegally.
Therefore, both Al-Adhaileh and Al-Raqab were convicted and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment in a private misdemeanor, a decision that is subject to appeal.
Five other leaders and activists of the banned group received the harshest punishment, which is imprisonment for three years, most notably the person in charge of the group’s financial file and the prominent leader in the Hawks wing, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Zarqan.
He was convicted of violating the money laundering law and of the misdemeanor of illegally collecting donations, and penalties were decided, the harshest of which was adopted, which is a three-year prison sentence subject to appeal.
The decision included four others who were with Al-Zarqan in the case, and with the same punishment, namely Aref Hamdan, Ibrahim Hijazi, Muhammad Alian and Omar Yassin.
Islamists generally say they collected donations with the aim of supporting the people of the Gaza Strip.
However, the prosecution authorities presented some evidence and indications that the fundraising process was not exclusively related to supporting the people of the Gaza Strip, and it was marred by a legal defect, as some of the money entered accounts in ways that lacked transparency, contrary to the anti-money laundering law, so that the criteria for the illegal use of donation money were met.
Islamists generally argue that these accusations and the subsequent decisions are political in nature, and are related to the position of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was recently banned, on the Palestinian issue and support for the resistance.
The judicial authorities dealt with the procedures in a legal manner, especially since prominent leaders, including Al-Zarqan, officially admitted during the investigation and in the trial deliberations to collecting donations for the purpose of supporting the people of the Gaza Strip, while the authorities say that these donations were collected in an illegal framework and were not allocated exclusively to the people of the Gaza Strip.
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