Jordan

Hamzah Mansour, head of the Islamic Action Front, and Zaki Bani Rsheid, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, praised Palestinian gains in Gaza. Islamists marched in support of Hamas at the Islamic University in Amman. A rights group criticized Jordan for reportedly denying entry to Palestinians escaping from Syria. On Aug. 2, Mohammed Shalabi Abu Sayyaf, leader of the Salafi jihadist movement in Jordan, said that cheering for the Islamic State in mosques in Jordan is “normal.”

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