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The Islamic Action Front (''Jabhat al-'Amal al-Islami'', Arabic: جبهة العمل الإسلامي) is an Islamist political party in Jordan. It is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. Founded in 1992 with 350 initial members, Engineer Ahmed Azaida, Dr. Is'haq Farhan and Dr. Abdul Latif Arabiyat were the main force behind the formation.〔(Jordan's Islamic Front rallies Muslims )〕 Sheikh Hamza Mansour is the chief of the IAF and has declared the organization's intentions as eventually wanting "to be treated as free men" and as wanting "relations with the US based on mutual respect", while questioning US Administration's motives in the Middle-East and around the World.〔(Jordan's Islamic Front rallies Muslims )〕 ==History== The IAF is known for its support for the Palestinians against the Israelis and defends Hamas, the Palestinian and military branch of the Muslim Brotherhood which has been banned in Jordan since 1999 for "disrupting" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel, and their resistance against Israeli sieges on Gaza. They support the Palestinian cause and oppose bilateral ties with Israel. In 1997, three years after Jordan's peace accord with Israel, IAF boycotted Parliamentary elections, citing manipulation by the government.〔Jillian Schwedler, Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen. Cambridge 2006.〕 At the legislative elections, 17 June 2003, the party won 20 out of 84 seats. All other seats were won by non-partisans. The National Democratic Block did not win any seats. During the August 2007 Municipal Elections, IAF withdrew their 25 candidates up for election, accusing 'the authorities of manipulating votes cast by military personnel who were taking part in municipal elections for the first time.〔(Jordan: Islamic opposition urges king to cancel municipal elections results )〕 The voter turnout for the election was a record-low 51%, but IAF still won four contests, including two mayorships. Four months later, the IAF fielded 22 candidates for the Jordanian national elections held on November 20, 2007. Of its 22 candidates, only 6 successfully won parliamentary seats in the elections, marking the lowest showing of the Islamist party since the resumption of parliamentary life in Jordan in 1989. The IAF attributed its loss to the government overlooking illegal practices such as vote buying, the transfer of large amounts of votes, and inserting large amounts of voting cards in ballot boxes〔(Jabha.net ) .〕 Nevertheless, a few days after the election, the Muslim Brotherhood (the social organization that informs the IAF’s platform and whose political branch the IAF is considered to be) dissolved its Shura Council and started preparing for internal elections to take place within 6 months. In 2009, the deputy secretary of the party declared that the Pope was not welcome in the kingdom, after plans were announced for Pope Benedict XVI to visit the country.〔(Islamists To Pope: Define Your Position on Islam, Peace )〕 In 2015, the IAF was split between reformists and non-reformists, resulting in the party terminating the membership of 7 members: Abdul Majeed Thneibat, Qassem Taamneh, Mamdouh Muheisen, Khalil Askar, Ali Tarawneh, Jaber Abul Hija and Mohammad Qaramseh.〔http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/members-new-muslim-brotherhood-society-join-planned-zamzam-political-party%E2%80%99〕 As a result, they formed the new Muslim Brotherhood Society, who will join the National Initiative for Building (Zamzam). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islamic Action Front」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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