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Islam in Jordan. King Abdullah I Mosque at night in capital Amman. The royal family of Jordan adheres to Sunni branch of Islamic religion. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a majority Muslim country with 96% of the population following Sunni Islam while a small minority follow Shiite branches.
- Religion in Jordan
Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Jordan. Muslims make...
- Jordan
Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Jordan. Muslims make...
- Religion in Jordan
According to some estimates, up to 60 percent of Jordanians are of Palestinian origin. Also, the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and its affiliated institutions—including the Islamic Action...
May 16, 2024 · Jordan does have an emerging militant Islamist movement. The Salafi trend was largely inspired by Abu Musab al Zarqawi—the Jordanian head of al Qaeda in Iraq, who was assassinated in 2006. Jordan also has a decades-old quiescent Salafi trend.
Through its control of religious institutions, the state attempts to monopolize sacred authority—the right to interpret Islam on behalf of the community.13 By regulating the institutions charged with defining Islam and Islamic. symbols, religious space is closed to opposition elements. Since the.
The Islamic Action Front (IAF)—the political arm of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood—was established in 1992 at the height of the country’s once-promising democratic “experiment.” Since then, it has struggled to respond and adapt to an increasingly authoritarian political environment.
