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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-food18-2008may18,0,2913579.story
Food Crisis Creates an Opening for Muslim Fundamentalists
[Los Angeles Times] Borzou Daragahi - Women in Amman, Jordan, walk out of a Muslim Brotherhood social service center clutching plastic bags packed with free bread loaves. The global food crisis has carved out new opportunities for the Brotherhood and other hard-line groups across the Muslim world. Though the Brotherhood fared poorly last year in municipal elections, it has been steadily gaining ground in recent months, sweeping votes for the leadership of Jordan's professional associations. "America is being held responsible for what is happening," said Zaki Bani Arshid, leader of the Islamic Action Front, the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan.