Live Screenshot
Source link:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordanian-mp-arrested-over-facebook-post-criticising-governmentPublished by: MIDDLE EAST EYE on 20 Jul 2025
345 views · Last view: 16 hrs ago
News Text (from MIDDLE EAST EYE)
Jordanian security forces arrested Yanal Freihat, a prominent member of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) party, on Sunday. Freihat was later released on bail, pending an investigation into a Facebook post that allegedly violated the country’s Cybercrime Law. The public prosecutor ordered Freihat’sdetention for one week after he criticised a government statement accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of illegally collecting 30 million dinars ($42m), while also questioning the government’s version of events.
Freihat is widely seen as one of Jordan’s leading conservative members of parliament. He has consistently won in past elections and enjoys broad popular support.
In the September 2024 parliamentary elections, he received 18,000 votes - one of the highest counts nationwide.
In that same election, the IAF - the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood - secured the largest number of votes, largely due to its strong stance on the Palestinian cause.
Over the past two [...]
Explore More
Middle East Eye Government Facebook Jordan SinSearch Google Search Explore Topics
Who are Middle East Eye?Middle East Eye (MEE) is a United Kingdom-based media website and channel that primarily focuses on news related to the Middle East, North Africa, and the broader Muslim world.
What is Government?A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. Each government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy.
Who are Facebook?Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Amazon, Apple, and Google. Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company. Facebook claimed it had more than 2.3 billion monthly active users as of December 2018. However, it faces a big problem of fake accounts. It caught 3 billion fake accounts, but the ones it misses are the real problem. Facebook is one of the world's most valuable companies.
What is Jordan?Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab country in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and the east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and Israel and Palestine (West Bank) to the west. The Dead Sea is located along its western borders and the country has a small coastline to the Red Sea in its extreme south-west, but is otherwise landlocked. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic, political and cultural centre.
What is Sin?In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God; or as any diversion from the ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark". Sins fall in a spectrum from minor errors to deadly misdeeds. Catholicism regards the least corrupt sins as venial sins which are part of human living and carry immediate consequences on earth, and, if unrepented for, more painful purgation, assuming the person is destined to heaven, as it is written in the formation letter "Purgatory", "most of the early Fathers of the Church speak of a cleansing fire, though we cannot tell whether this means actual or spiritual fire." Conversely, sins of great evil are mortal sins which bring the consequence of hell if they are not addressed either through an act of perfect contrition or going to confession about them.
