ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the role and political positions of two moderate Islamist parties that have been less studied within the context of the events of the 'Arab Spring': the Islamic Action Front Party (IAFP), the political branch of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, and the Moroccan Justice and Development Party (JDP). An analytical comparison of both cases is rewarding because despite several similarities between Morocco's and Jordan's political systems, significant differences exist with regard to how these countries have been influenced by the 'Arab Spring'. Both countries are monarchies with rather young monarchs that large portions of the populations set their hopes in for substantial reforms both economic and social. Over the past years, before the events of the 'Arab Spring', the moderate Islamist parties in Jordan as well as in Morocco have followed a distinct strategy of providing a constructive opposition to the regime striving for integration into the political system.
