During times of crisis, such as those caused by natural disasters (such as protracted droughts and floods), hunger, and diseases, Islamic nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) give aid to impoverished people. Others are working in the least developed Muslim nations on long-term development projects including community building, agriculture, water, health, and education. Some Islamic NGOs print, broadcast, and disseminate Islamic doctrine and values and engage in Da'wa (the Islamic call, the equivalent of Christian evangelism), the conversion to Islam. On the other hand, Islamic NGOs set themselves apart from other NGOs by claiming to be developing a Muslim way of life and growing the Islamic umma (community) across the globe since volunteering is a religious obligation in Islam. In the same way that Islam does not distinguish between morality and law, secular society does not distinguish between the social, economic, political, and religious roles of NGOs beyond the activities in which they participate. This paper analyses the impact of Islamic nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Jordan, arguing that some of these organisations have served as a means by which political Islam has been rapidly disseminated in Jordan's poor Muslim communities by combining religious teachings with material benefits for the poor. In the same way, Islamic NGOs have expanded their scope and joined the global NGO movement in the same way that their western counterparts have.