Analysis The Dispute over the New Rules of the Game The State and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Dr. Muhammad Abu Rumman September 2020 The Jordanian government had not taken drastic steps with regards to the Brotherhood, but the outcomes of the Arab spring, especially after 2013, provided it the opportunity to do so. The regime appeared to consider what happened during the Arab Spring to be treason or a Brotherhood‘conspiracy’ to topple the government.” Behind these policies is a conviction that has taken root over time and even become a sort of‘official doctrine’ that the previous relationship and alliance between the state and the Brotherhood has ended for good and that the two parties have reached a final stage of‘divorce.’ The group has taken unprecedented steps since 2016. This is evident by the development of the by-laws, the complete organizational separation from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and the commitment to separate the group and the political party. 1