Modern Status
The Brotherhood was reconstituted during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine before and after World War I, and continues its defence of the religious status quo, especially in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Jordanian Law No. 227, dated 16 January 1958, regulates the Brotherhood’s government.
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