Huda Otoum

Huda Otoum, or Huda Etoom, (Arabic: هدى العتوم) is a Jordanian politician, and member of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, and its political arm the Islamic Action Front party.

She won the women quota in the Jerash district in the 2016 Jordanian general elections, becoming member of the House of Representatives.

Background

Huda Otoum is a Jordanian politician and member of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood.

She won the women quota in the Jerash district in the 2016 Jordanian general elections, becoming member of the House of Representatives.[1]

During a vote of confidence session on 17 July 2018 for Omar Razzaz's newly appointed cabinet, she stated in a speech replying to Razzaz's policy statement that her late mother's wish was to "wear a suicide vest and blow herself up among the Zionists". She also demanded greater attention from the government to Islamic values and called on the government to ban pornographic websites.[2]

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References
  1. "Elections bring back Islamists, allies under the Dome". The Jordan Times. Sahafi. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. "العتوم: والدتي كانت أمنيتها تفجير نفسها بالصهاينة". Ro'ya news. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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