New Reforms of Stagnant Dictatorship Seen as Inadequate as Democratic Yearning Grows and Jordan’s Islamists to Boycott

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Jordan Islamists say they will boycott early elections

AFP – Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood decided on Thursday to boycott early elections expected later this year because of a “lack of reform,” in a move that likely throw the country into political crisis. “The Muslim Brotherhood’s shura (advisory) council voted today to boycott parliamentary elections.