Jordan's Rebranded Islamists Seen Staging Election Comeback

Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition could emerge from Tuesday's parliamentary election with renewed influence after surviving government attempts to ban it as part of a wider crackdown on political Islam. The group could win up to a fifth of seats in the parliament after ditching its "Islam is the Solution" slogan and joining with Christians to create a broad-based civic grouping — The National Coalition for Reform. Officials said turnout was 36 percent of 4.1...

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