AMMAN — Islamists and youth movements are set to take to the streets across the country in the first series of protests since an attack on a Muslim Brotherhood-led march in Mafraq last week, according to activists.

Islamists plan to hold a rally in downtown Amman on Friday under the slogan “Enough is enough”.

“We have had enough of the delays in reform, enough of the excuses, and enough of the acts of intimidation against peaceful protesters,” Muslim Brotherhood Spokesperson Jamil Abu Baker said.

The march comes one week after an Islamist-led demonstration in the northern city of Mafraq witnessed clashes between participants and city residents that led to the burning of the headquarters of the Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Rather than being a provocative act, Muslim Brotherhood officials say this week’s demonstration comes as an attempt to “reassert the reform demands” of citizens in the face of what Islamists call state-condoned intimidation.

“The acts of intimidation will not deter us from demanding true change,” Abu Baker added.

Islamists will have a limited presence outside the capital this Friday, joining popular movements in demonstrations in Karak, Tafileh and Irbid in what observers say will be a deliberately scaled-back approach following last week’s incident.

Meanwhile, as part of a so-called “Friday to support the homeland”, pro-reformists plan to take to the streets in Karak, Tafileh, Maan and Shobak as part of efforts to sustain an 11-month protest drive observers and activists believe risks losing its momentum.

Activists admit that although nearly one year has passed since the launch of the pro-reform movement, it has yet to realise its goals of wider political and economic reforms.

“It has been almost a year and although governments have changed, and the faces have changed, the same issues remain and so do our demands,” said Saed Ouran of the Free Tafileh movement.

Meanwhile, Mafraq activists have postponed a planned rally organisers claim aims to correct the “negative” image of city residents created by last week’s attack, which left several participants injured.

According to Hassan Khazaleh of the Mafraq Popular Youth Movement, the rally, which was postponed to next Friday due to “logistical reasons”, is set to feature political activists and prominent residents and will stress residents’ support for the reform drive.

“The people of Mafraq are for reform and against corruption... we are determined to show the world that no matter whether residents have differences with the Islamist movement, we are all united in our calls for change,” he said.

This month marks the 11th for the Jordanian pro-reform movement, which started as a small-scale protest in the town of Theeban, south of Madaba, and has since spread out to the outlying governorates along with the rise of so-called popular movements.

Unlike other countries in the region, protests in Jordan have been largely peaceful; the vast majority of the some 1,000 demonstrations that have been held across the Kingdom this year have ended without incident.