- AMMAN: The Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan’s main opposition party, on Monday lashed out at the government of Prime Minister Samir Rifai for adopting an ordinance that allows Jordanian women to work at night clubs, for the first time in the country’s history.
The IAF, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, also said that it was leading a campaign to force the resignation of Labor Minister Samir Murad who issued the decision recently, a senior party official said.
“The government should apologize to the Jordanian people for such encroachment on Islamic teachings and the nation’s values and traditions,” said Muhammad Zoyoud, who chairs the party’s national department.
Working at night clubs was so far confined to non-Jordanian women, according to local media reports.
Zoyoud charged that the decision to allow Jordanian women to work at night clubs came “in response to foreign pressure”.
The IAF demanded a speedy annulment of the new law, saying that licensing night clubs “ran counter to Islamic ethics and sowed dissension and corruption” in the conservative Jordanian society.