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Ammon News - By Banan Malkawi

AMMONNEWS - The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, on Thursday called on the government to put an end to harassment and targeting of citizens based on political and ideological bases.

IAF Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour denounced threats and harassment of a Madaba resident during a visit to a security department to obtain a security clearance approval for his son to enroll in the Armed Forces' Supportive Medical Services Institute.

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh, Mansour said that a security officer harassed the father and threatened him after the man refused to admit his membership in the Muslim Brotherhood and his refusal to cooperate with the officer by becoming an informant against the movement.

Mansour considered the threat a "new proof that members of IAF are being targeted and deprived of their constitutional rights," adding that the incident reveals attempts by the security apparatus to breakup the social base of the movement.

The Islamist leader called on the Prime Minister to investigate the incident and put an end to what he caled "a policy of harassment and marginalization for political and ideological reasons."