Jordanian security forces have detained more than 60 Salafists (Muslim sticklers) in the last 12 hours for alleged involvement in clashes that erupted Friday during a demonstration in the Jordanian city of Zarqa. According to security sources, 90 people, 83 of them policemen, were injured in a collision between demonstrators and security forces.
The attorney general, Hussein Mayali accused Salafi groups, which did not identify, to launch "pre-meditated attacks" against the police who, according to his version, was protecting a march that started at the main mosque in this city located 30 kilometers east Amman. However, some Salafi activists have rejected this official version and have accused the agents guarding the demonstration of association with groups of loyalists to attack Jordanian participants in the protest.
Among those arrested was Abu Muhammad Tahawi, which appeared Friday night on the Qatari channel Al Jazeera denied the official version. Last night the prosecutor Mayali promised to try to "iron fist" to the protesters extremists. The protest, which coincided with many held in the country to demand reforms, was convened, and also to request the introduction of reforms, calling for the release of the families of many participants, imprisoned for participating in terrorist activists.
In March, the Jordanian government accused the Islamists of inciting political protests and said the opposition is "playing with fire." 
The attorney general, Hussein Mayali accused Salafi groups, which did not identify, to launch "pre-meditated attacks" against the police who, according to his version, was protecting a march that started at the main mosque in this city located 30 kilometers east Amman. However, some Salafi activists have rejected this official version and have accused the agents guarding the demonstration of association with groups of loyalists to attack Jordanian participants in the protest.
Among those arrested was Abu Muhammad Tahawi, which appeared Friday night on the Qatari channel Al Jazeera denied the official version. Last night the prosecutor Mayali promised to try to "iron fist" to the protesters extremists. The protest, which coincided with many held in the country to demand reforms, was convened, and also to request the introduction of reforms, calling for the release of the families of many participants, imprisoned for participating in terrorist activists.
In March, the Jordanian government accused the Islamists of inciting political protests and said the opposition is "playing with fire."
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