The prosecution on Monday asked the State Security Court (SSC) to convict the three Islamist deputies charged with fuelling national discord and inciting sectarianism. The three deputies betrayed the Jordanian people by their actions, the SSC prosecution said in its 16-page closing argument.The prosecution was referring to the deputies condolence visit on June 9 to the family of Abu Mussab Zarqawi and also to a televised interview in which one of the MPs allegedly described the former Al Qaeda in Iraq leader as a hero and a martyr. The three Islamic Action Front (IAF) MPs on trial are Ali Abul Sukkar (Zarqa, Second District), Mohammad Abu Fares (Amman, Fifth District) and Jaafar Hourani (Zarqa, Fourth District). The deputies actions angered the Jordanian people who expected the MPs to stand next to them in fighting terrorism and terrorists, the prosecution said.
Zarqawi, who was killed in a US strike in Iraq on June 8, claimed responsibility for the Nov. 9 terrorist attacks against three of the capitals hotels, killing 60 people and injuring around a hundred. The Jordanian people and the prosecution awaits justice from your tribunal to calm people down and hand the defendants the maximum punishment, the prosecution said. If convicted of the charges, the MPs, who do not have parliamentary immunity because the Lower House is currently in recess, could receive a maximum of three years in prison.
Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) is due to start the trial next Sunday of three Islamist lawmakers on charges of 'incitement and harming national unity,' judicial sources said Tuesday. The three deputies, 
The government on Monday said recent remarks by a Human Rights Watch (HRW) executive director on the detention of four Islamist MPs on charges of incitement were insulting. Such remarks were insulting to a lot of Jordanians, Government Spokesperson Nasser Judeh told reporters yesterday at a weekly press briefing. The Jordanian government needs no apology from HRW, but the families of the Amman bombings victims need apology letters from HRW Executive Director for Middle East and North Africa Sarah Leah Whitson.