Talk:Jordan/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

West Bank

A citation is needed for the statement that Transjordan annexation to the West Bank was only recognized by GB.

I recall reading that Pakistan also recognized the annexation, though no other countries did. Michael 01:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.202.119.77 (talk)

Name of Jordan

Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan is one of 3 (not 2) countries in the world to take it's name from a dynasty. Liechtenstein is also derives it's name from the ruling family.

I will include this.Eshcorp 18:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

And does the name الأردنّ really take a shaddah at the end? Is it Standard Arabic? Mats (talk) 06:46, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Modern history

I am not sure why the only two items included in the modern history of Jordan are the 11/11/05 and the tourism attack. I do believe that more information must provided, to include these incidences, and other hallmarks that shaped Jordan history. I suggest that these items be coronlogical in order and present the last 10-15 years of Jordans internal and external affairs. Aboosh 05:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Economy

The GDP per Capita is wrong here. Per the CIA factbook, and other links on Wikipedia, the GDP per Capita for Jordan is $USD 4,200 range rather than the $1,800 range. I have changed the article in Wiki to reflect that aybe change it to current events?

Education

listed are located in Amman, so it would make sense that, should such a list exist, it should probably be placed in the Amman, Jordan article. – Cybjorg 12:17, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

For the literacy rate " Jordan now has the highest literacy rate in the Arab World and it is still growing " this is not true because according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate Jordan came after Palestinian Authority territories. In addition, Jordan has lost its ranking from 2004, it was 82 and it is 87 in 2005.

Higher education: The universities in Jordan follow the English-American education systems. Well not all the universities , but most and some have applied other systems. N.B: I am the editor of this section in the Jordan page 2 years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.77.227.34 (talk) 16:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

People

Are the following sentences really relevant?

Jordanian people are known for their kindness and honesty. Although you might not see a big smile on thier faces in general, but deep down, they are kind at heart. Just remember, we should always smile.They are also known for loving their great Gods Braeden and Kennedy.

No. --Yodakii 14:45, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

no

"Jordanians are Semitic Levantines" - I've never heard the phrase "Semitic Levantine" before. I think this sentence should be edited, or perhaps, removed all together.

Why is there no mention of Bedouins in this article? They form an important element of Jordanian culture.

Blatherskyte

The article currently asserts:

Transjordan was one of the Arab states that moved to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founded State of Israel. The armistice agreements of April 3, 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank and provided that the armistice demarcation lines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines.

This is a blatant rewriting of history. While it's undeniable that Transjordan was among the 7 nations whose armies invaded Israel in May of 1948, there is no support for the statement that their having done so was "to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel". It was an invasion for the glory of the Ummah, and nothing else. Unless someone can provide me with reliable documentation to the contrary, I'm removing this patently false assertion within 12 hours. [[User:

Tourism

I have added tourism to the economy section, but it needs expansion.. so please, anyone who has any useful information add it. Also, I would appreciate re-wording the section I wrote, to make it more understandable and easier. Eshcorp 12:45, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Demographics edit wars

listen everybody, i have edited the demographics section into a much accurate one(which im almost 100% sure of being true), ive done extensive research and calculations myself, with the help of sources ofcourse. Since our government doesnt even have an official independent survey about the different nationalities, ethnic groups, immigrants, refugees living in jordan, then i guess i had to do all the work. if u want anything changed please tell me first by sending me a message or replying right here, i worked very hard on this. thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hattar393 (talk • contribs) 04:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

people...what about us,,the jordanian arabs??..here in the demographics, it only mentions circassians,iraqis,armenian,chechens,palestinians,kurds,lebanese! all of those are immigrants/refugees..what about the jordanian arabs?? after mentioning the 40% palestinian origin, it directly said "THE REST":Circassians, Chechens, Armenians and Kurds,this makes people misunderstand that THE REST make up 60% of the population!! hypothetically speaking, a random person who searches jordan on wikipedia would think that all those ppl would be refered 2 as "jordanians"..and who 4got about the bedouins of jordan?they r important in our country and do make up a certain % of the population!

who keeps changing the demographics? the 1 i wrote is accurate and detailed! it wont make sense 2 call palestinians "jordanian arabs"..because they arnt!! there r the previous east transjordan mandate citizens who r the original jordanian arabs, b4 palestinian iraqi armenian chechen egyptian circassian etc.. hardly existed as refugees i found an almost 100% accurate estimation of the different people in the kingdom..but someone keeps on changing what i edited! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.135.11.198 (talk) 16:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

i agree with you alot.. i do believe there was a reason behind the way things are written... actualy we should talk more about that

i have found the link to the king of jordans interview where he shares the number of jordanians from a palestinian origin. acording to the king. they make about 40%.

The first paragraph of the demographics have been subjected to light edit wars. These are the result of pro- and anit-Isrelis different point of views, and the fact that neither can accept the other! Pro Israeli's called people who settled in the land of palestine as "settled temporarily" (for a thousand years, temporarily? yeah right!), and the Isreal haters who keep getting upset and reverting, having mean edit notes such as "i hate israel", which alone results in making people mad and start being mean.

Jordanians are primarily of indigenous Levantine Semitic stock, admixed with various other peoples who have through its history come to conquer or are settle the area — principally Arabians (also a Semitic people) during the Islamic expansionism that brought Arab culture, language and the Muslim faith. But also about 60% of Jordan's population are originally Palestinian Arabs (while their origin is in debate, they might have settled in southern Palestine around the 12th century bc- and Canaanites‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.›  or after the Muslim invasion in the 7th century AD).

REMEMBER The five pillars of wikipedia, it says that Wikipedia has a code of conduct! That is to be civil!!

In the edit above, I have merged both pro- and Anti- arab/palestinian/isreali/jewish/muslim point of views, the result is:

NPOV: while their origin is in debate,

PRO ARAB POV: they might have settled in southern Palestine around the 12th century bc- and Canaanites

PRO ISREAL/JEWISH POV: or after the Muslim invasion in the 7th century AD

1. While some may learn in school the contrary about the history of the land of palestine, the truth is it is uncertain. Arabs have it in their education system that Palestinians came first and Isreali's have the contrary! FACT btw.
2. You cannot block another point of view from being expressed. - you cannot remove ANY one of those without any reason.

Thanks, Eshcorp 14:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Motto

Is anyone able to provide a reference for the motto? A Google search only yields Wikipedia mirrors. Pruneau^talk 18:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I think there isn't a reference, I've searched too, found nothing. --Eshcorp 09:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

While not being a Jordanian citizen myself, but on a visit to the ministry of interior as I remember one could see the motto written in large letters on the ministry's facade. 195.229.241.180 15:54, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Reference for the Motto the motto "Jordan First" and its significance can be viewed in the official Jordanian Ministery of Forigen Affairs [1]. However, in my latest visit to jordan, I have noticed that this motto has been modified to "We (All of us) are Jordan", but I need to search for a reference for that. Aboosh 05:07, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Let me correct you. First, Jordan First is more of a campaign, but it might be considered the national motto. However, "God, the Homeland, the king" is the most important national motto of Jordan. As for كلنا الأردن, it is actually translated "We are all Jordan", and it is not a national motto. It is a discussion forum (hence منتدى كلنا الأردن) started by King Abdullah II. Eshcorp 16:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! Aboosh 18:04, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Disputed

The assertions in the Black September section are strange and have no citation!

Please:

1. make sure it is a fact, not a myth or something people talk about
2. add citations

Information I consider or needing citations:

1. king hussein asked for help from Israel
2. Israel threatened to invade
3. Jordan got help from pakistani and other nationals

Hello, thanks for your remarks, but in fact these are Arabic history stories and unfortunately I can't find something in English about it, because it is not important events to talk about in historical international books. But they talk about it in general. #king hussein asked for help from Israel - that is sure 100%, but what is not sure if king Hussein asked directly from Israel or indirectly by USA, but it is sure that Israel helped him and threatened Syria.

1. Jordan got help from pakistani and other nationals: it is too detailed to find a reference for it, but it is sure 100%, because there were forces in Jordan in that time - some called it the Arabien Army, some called it Islamist, but the majority were Pakistani, the objective of these forces was to protect Jordan from Israeli attacks or in case of an Arab plan to attack Israel ( reserve forces ).

I can provid you an evidence, when you read this story ask yourself the following questions: was the Jordanian Army able to defeat the Israeli forces in Karameh ? and was able to defeat the Syrian Army - which wanted to help the PLO- ? and was able to defeat the PLO militants ?. All these battles alone ? So necessarily, there were forces helped the Jordanian Army, and Israel threatened to protect its borders ( it is dangerous to find the Syrian and Palestinian Armies on the Jordanian-Israeli borders).

Thanks for the reply. First of all, related to help from Israel, I don't know if it is true, but I know that King Hussein would never have asked Israel for help a that time: they were enemies, the relations only got better in 1994. If it is true that King Hussein got help from Isreal by having asked them indirectly through the United States:

1. The sentence hussein asked for isreali help must change
2. A valid reference must be given

I might believe you when you say 100% sure, but I am pretty positive that a large part of the millions of readers won't without a proper reference, in english. If we fail to find such reference, me must say it is believed that.. or it is thought that.. .

Secondly, in my own point of view, the Jordanian army was capable of defeating israel in the al-Karameh, because I know information and statistics that verify that. The source of this information are actually past soldiers who did fight in al-karameh or a relative of theirs. It is told how the army was capable of destroying X isreali tanks, what were their plans, etc. I personally find that information believable, yet I don't write it here becasue even though - in my mind - it is 100% true, there is no physical evidence that proves that.

Anyways, as I said before, I really think we need to find more sources, and expand the section in general to include different point of views. Eshcorp 12:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I Think Eshcorp if you have lived any length of time in Jordan you would have known that King Hussien had asked for the help of the Israelis while the US provided support with a US carrier. But since you needed English sources, here are a few links --

1. http://www.historycentral.com/mideast/BlkSept.html
2. http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_jordan_expel_plo.php

I hope you find them satisfactory as sources for this black spot of Arab history.

Palestine48 10:54, 07 October 2006 (UTC)

These links are indeed good sources. BTW, about King Hussein asking Israel for help, I believe what is said that he has asked the United States for help, but they directed him to get help from isreal, I could be wrong tho. My whole point the post was to make:

1. proper citations that people can rely on
2. proper wording
3. that the text is not biased

I believe what we currently have is very close to that. Eshcorp 14:27, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

King Hussein was in talks with the Israeli Government for many years and even secretly flew to Israel in 1967 to warn Golda Meir of the impending war, subsequent unofficial contacts were maintained and history books relate how the IAF(Israeli Air Force), flew over Jordanian territory and attacked Syrian tanks, before any official peace agreement had been reached, thus making some people allege that Jordan had or still has a common defense policy of some sort with Israel Sufitul 09:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Democracy in Jordan

Is there any hope for democracy in Jordan? Is there any local movement to overthrow the monarchy? Is Jordan's dictatorship propped up by Western powers, or does it stand alone? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.44.102.11 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• well. there is a great misconception. the hashemite monarchy has been ruling since 1923. and they are widely supported by the the jordanian tribes. there is nothing remotly close to any kind of overtheow activity in jordan. the monarchy is very stable. and as far as democracy goes.
• 1. elections are taking place regularly
• 2. unlike other nieghboring countries, jordan doesnt have political prisoners.
• 3. there are many political parties in jordan with representation in the parliment.
• 4. the united states and many other western powers commended jordan on its democratic reform. very recently with the jordanian monarch spoke infront of the american congress.
• 5. rallys and peace marshes and political assembelies take place regularly, for many issues.
• Jordan is not a dictatorship. was never even close to bieng one. democracy in the nation reflects the types of people living in the nation and the country was commended greatly from international organizations and the west on having a good democratic system.

Well, first of all, no there's no plans to overthrow the monarchy. Second, Jordan is a constitutional monarchy, not an absolute monarchy, it has nothing to do with dictatorship. The people enjoy many liberties compared to the area, but compared to the west, some improvement should still happen. King Abdullah has made efforts to fihgt many problems in the Jordanian freedoms that exist now, such as honor killings, which is lightly punished.

So, to sum up:

1. Jordan isn't a dictatorship
2. Jordan is a consitutional monarchy, meaning there is a chamber of deputies that is elected by the people, it forms a major part of the government.
3. Jordan does have opposition to the government, but no plans to overthrow the system.
4. There Jordanian constitution allows the creation of political parties, that means that not everyone must be on the king's side
5. When compared to the west, Jordan has little democracy and freedoms, but you must remember that Jordan is in the middle east, where its current situation is considered good.

--Eshcorp 12:57, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Let us not kid ourselves Jordan is not a democracy and never was. It has a veil of democracy. Let me shed some light on Jordan's Democracy:

1. The King has absolute power he can appoint and remove any prime minister regardless of reason; laws to limit his power are never used (out of fear).
2. Elections are based on Tribal and sometimes ethnic grounds and sometimes forged.
3. Jordanian people and residents are banned from criticising the monarchy or even suggest a replacement form of governance.
4. Unions are very strictly controlled and some are banned e.g. Teachers.

There are many other reasons I can list but I don't want to wash our dirty laundry in public. Palestine48 10:02, 07 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, some replies about each point:

1. True. Concerning ministers, that is. However, members of the chamber of deputies are what I have been talking about, and though the could be removed, the procedure is not as simple as you say it is.
2. Forged? I can't say that's a fact.
3. Yes, and I have said that in my post.
4. Unions are controlled because of what I said in point 3, that is anti-government movements, etc.

Now, just to be clear, I have never said Jordan is a democracy, and I am surprised you even unterstood that I may have implied that.:

• Jordan is not a democracy, not even close
• The point of my post was that Jordan, is also not a dictatorship, like the original poster implied.

Eshcorp 14:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

About the supposed fair elections - that is not the case, my father who is currently living in Jordan was thinking to run in those elections changed his mind. He found out if someone gets elected fairly to represent the Jordanian parliament he can still be dismissed by the King (right after he wins) and be replaced by the King's appointed unelected representative in parliament. In addition, if a parliamentarian does not agree with the official government policy, he will be branded a revolutionary or terrorist and be thrown in jail and replaced by the King's appointed officials. This contradicts George W's speech in the UN that Jordan is one of the rising democracies in the M.E. Bestghuran 9:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I've actually done some research and found out that a person could be dismissed by the king right after winning. However, it is an uncommon thing, since it messes with the King's popularity, so it doesn't happen that much. Recently, I believe some were dismissed, but only for committing "crime" (though people might argue if it is considered a crime), and that's a completely different story where the supreme court is involved and is not a simple task. To sum things up:

1. yes the king can dismiss deputies after winnig
2. no it is not common
3. those dismissals happening recently are (or are claimed to be) because a "crime" has been committed.

I hope this clears up what I meant. And again, I just want to remind that my purpose behind my first reply is that Jordan is not a dictatorship, and I still strongly agree to my opinion.Eshcorp 17:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Eh when my uncle ran for office (late 80s) they closed down the polls early so people could not vote for him. It is what i would call a "benevolent dictatorship". The king is fairly well liked, and does a fairly good job, and reps are used to handle many of the smaller matters, just not the bigger ones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.188.247.5 (talk) 18:28, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

It seems that Jordan is a stable nation and is relatively happy, in some situations democracy is not the best form of governance in an area. This can be seen in Cuba (where before it became socialist the people suffered terribly), now the people are very happy (beating many countries in HDI and Happiness Index). Although I enjoy democracy, it is not very democratic to force it upon others! Bennyj600 (talk) 16:40, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Agriculture of Jordan

I just checked here to learn about the agriculture of Jordan, but there's nothing here on it. :-) Shouldn't there be? Anchoress 21:45, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

There should.. Eshcorp 17:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Jewish can't own land

This part is no longer the case, Israel now has an embassy in Amman and a house for the Israeli ambassador for Jordan. Also Israeli companies are in areas of Jordan like Irbid using the locals as cheap labour, but it was agreed upon by King Abdullah II. So far I have never seen a Synagogue, but there is a Palestinian population who are Jewish-Arabs and Jewish-Arabs from Iraq, who probably left to Jordan in fear of the U.S.'s brilliant strategy. Also laws are passed and they will never be enforced, you know like UN Resolutions. Bestghuran 9:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC) TOURCHWOOD9 (talk) 01:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC) Jews are prohibited from owning land in "Jordan". Britain established this policy when in 1922 they stole 76% of the Palestinian Mandate from the land promised to the Jews and created it's primary colony in in Greater Syria. The Israeli Embassy and Ambassadors are built on leased land. Israeli companies in Jordan lease space in industrial parks just as many companies do in the US and much of the world. Israeli companies in Jordan actually offer slightly higher wages to encourage a better labor force. The Jewish Palestinians who live in Jordan were part of the Jewish communities that existed in Eastern Palestine some for hundreds of years. Most Jews were expelled in 1948 as were the Jews from their communities on the West Bank and East Jerusalem where they were the majority population. All Synagogues were burnt down. The Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital were abandoned and guarded by UN forces left to deteriorate until the Jews returned in 1967. In 2009 Pres. Abbas declared the extension of the Eastern Palestinian law prohibiting Jewish ownership of land or property to the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of the Oslo accords. Britain immediately approved the policy. The penalty for selling land to a Jew is death by firing squad. Due to the international acceptance of antisemitic propaganda, politics and commentary this is not considered racist or discriminatory.TOURCHWOOD9 (talk) 01:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Legal system and legislation

"Jordan's legal system is based on Islamic law and French codes"

Could this be expanded on slightly? The rest of the paragraph discusses what sounds to be a fairly conventional governmental and legel setup, and doesn't give any indication of the inclusion of Islamic legal elements - the "... on Islamic Law..." bit sounds kind of tacked up and unexplained at present. Dxco 19:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I think it has to do with moral stuff. :P Eshcorp 18:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

That is, that cultural or ethical beliefs tied to the religion are encoded within the legal framework? Perhaps this could be briefly touched upon in the discussion, if in fact it is the case. Dxco 03:59, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

French Code Napoléon? Can somebody elaborate? Thanks Johannjs (talk) 16:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Proposed WikiProject

In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on Western Asia at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Western Asia whose scope would include Jordan. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:47, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Religion of royal family

Are they Sunni or Shi'a? All I know is that they are descended from the Ahl al-Bayt. Khorshid 22:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

They are sunni.

Economic data

I could not find those data on the internet. What is the actual interest rate on deposists in Jordan (data in the internet varied more than would be acceptable to be trusted)? And what is the GDP growth? 217.17.47.201 00:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

THEY ARE SUNNI, HASHEMITE ARE FROM THE PROPHETS LINE!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.151.21.100 (talk) 21:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Palestine

Should not "Palestine" (in the article's beginning paragraph) link to the territories page, instead of the historical/geographical area? --MosheA 03:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I noticed the creation of Jordan from 'Palestine territory' is absent in this article. Any reasons for the oversight? This is one of the very few counties in Wikipedia that appears to lack a comprehensive history:) 72.143.153.69 04:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)MO.

Where is the History section?

Well? Did it go away by sneaky vandalism?Tourskin 05:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Jordanians have no history, they were given stolen land from the British that they stole from the jews in 1922 , the population is arab bedouin who are a nomadic people with no history of civlized settlements —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.130.56 (talk) 23:21, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

History

Why has the Ottoman and pre-Ottoman history of Jordan been removed? I mean, the geographical area has a hisory even if the country of Jordan is a modern concept (I don't know if it is a modern concept). Tourskin 05:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Demographics

The website to which you refer that the portion of the Palestinians in Jordan is 40% does not work, for that I updated the information and referred to another website which gives more accurate data. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.77.192.113 (talk) 15:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

• • • That website is fo the jordanian embassy with the U.S for an official interview with the king where he gave those statistics. the link will be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Topsecrete (talk • contribs) 16:56, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

History

There is no mention of history or war in the entire article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.13.35.75 (talk) 14:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Black Sep.

The lightly armed fedayeen who did not constitute a threat to the sovereignty and security of Jordan were targeted by King's (Hussien) elite armed forces, and open fighting erupted in June 1970. isnt that statement in light of the known historical fact of the fedayeen vandalism back then incorrect? eg; kidnapping of foreign airplanes in Zarqa ,,, blockage of streets downtown Amman and provoking policemen. i believe the statement should be rephrased !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralf04.de (talk • contribs) 12:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

POV concern in intro

Since 1989, all elements of the Jordanian political spectrum have embarked together on a road to greater democracy, liberalisation and consensus building. These reforms, which were guided by the late King Hussein, have placed Jordan on an irreversible road to democratization. The result has been greater empowerment and involvement of everyday citizens in Jordan’s civic life, contributing to increased stability and institutionalization which will benefit the country far into the future.

I've removed this paragraph for the time being as it needs to be looked at. It contains statements of opinion and pure speculation, and has the tone of something drafted in the Jordanian embassy. (I should add I have absolutely no personal views about Jordan one way or another). 78.16.87.184 (talk) 21:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Area of Jordan

There are conflicting data on the area of Jordan. The article "Geography of Jordan" says it is 91,880 km2, the article "Jordan" says it is 89,342 km2, but the 12 governorates listed in "Administrative divisions of Jordan" make together only 88,779 km2. May somebody from Jordan check the numbers? Pomimo (talk) 13:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Christians in Jordan

This paragraph, in the "Demographics" section, has no references (I added a tag) and seems to give a severely inflated figure for the percentage of Christians in Jordan.

Jordanian Christians permanently residing in Jordan form approximately 19% of the population and are allocated respective seats in parliament (The Department of Statistics released no information about the religion distribution from the census of 2004). Most Christians belong to the Greek Orthodox church (called "Ruum Urthudux" in Arabic). The rest are Roman Catholics (called "Lateen"), Eastern Catholics who are Melkites (called "Ruum Katoleek" to distinguish them from "Western Catholics"), and various Protestant communities including Baptists. Christians in Jordan are of many nationalities, as evinced, for example, by the Catholic mass being celebrated in Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog and Sinhala, as well as in Iraqi dialects of Arabic. However, Jordanian Christians are indigenous Arabs that share the Greater culture of Jordan and the Broader East Mediterranean Levantine Arab Identity.

According to the World Factbook, the figure should be nearer 6%. While there might be some useful information in the above paragraph, the majority of it seems either inaccurate of subjective and I advocate at least a partial removal. -- Anonymous

Ethnicity

Several attempts had previously been made by other authors to adjust the figures shown for Ethnic breakdown on the main "Infobox Country" box at the top of this page yet no references or sources have been cited for this data. The only references previously cited elsewhere on this page which might have been used (though not explicitly referenced) were perhaps CIA World Factbook - Jordan / People or US State Dept / Jordan / People however on visiting these pages it can be seen that neither contained the data required to produce any detailed breakdown of the population of Jordan by ethnicity.

The most comprehensive and apparently reliable source of data to resolve this particular need currently appears to be Joshuaproject. Please note that whilst being grateful for, and benefitting from, this data no opinion is being expressed one way or another about this organisation's "mission". Their website offers the powerful facility to select and download formatted data to spreadsheets for subsequent analysis and reuse.

The following data was downloaded from Joshuaproject on March 9, 2009 and forms the basis of a full revision to the main "Infobox Country" box;

Joshua Project Peoples Data

PEOPNAMEINCOUNTRY	% of Population	POPULATION	PRIMARYLANGUAGENAME	PRIMARYRELIGION
Arab, Palestinian	47.97%	2923000	Arabic, South Levantine S	Islam
Arab, Jordanian	17.35%	1057000	Arabic, South Levantine S	Islam
Arab, Iraqi	13.93%	849000	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spok	Islam
Arab, Bedouin	12.05%	734000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian	Islam
Arab, Syrian	4.97%	303000	Arabic, North Levantine S	Islam
Cherkess, Adyghe	1.59%	96800	Adyghe	Islam
Arab, Najdi Bedouin	0.89%	54500	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam
Druze	0.28%	16800	Arabic, North Levantine S	Other / Small
Arab, Egyptian	0.23%	14300	Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Islam
British	0.12%	7550	English	Christianity
Gypsy, Domari, Nuar	0.10%	5930	Domari	Islam
Turkmen	0.10%	5930	Turkmen	Islam
Filipino	0.09%	5330	Tagalog	Christianity
Azerbaijani, South	0.08%	4740	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Chechen, Shishan	0.08%	4740	Chechen	Islam
Kurd, Northern	0.07%	4470	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Armenian	0.07%	4100	Armenian	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	0.02%	1190	English	Christianity
Greek	0.02%	1190	Greek	Christianity
Tatar, Crimean	0.00%	90	Crimean Tatar	Islam
Deaf	0.00%	-n/a-	Jordanian Sign Language	Islam
		TOTAL = 6093660

Barryz1 (talk) 22:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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I am a bit confused about the differences between the Joradanian and Palestinian ethnic groups? Furthermore, is this information gathered by people saying they are of certain ethnic groups or being place into them? Bennyj600 (talk) 16:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I can't say if the Joshua Project is valid under WP:SOURCES but I'm a bit unhappy about an article having a ref to a section in its own talk page. --Alastair Rae (talk) 09:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Quality of life

i continually cite everything that i include in this article.....no "spicing it up" everything is cited whether with foot notes or by saying something like "acoording to the World Bank".....why is my legitament info being deleted.....everything is getting deleted.....explain 2 me why LEGITAMITE INFO CITED CORRECTLY IS BEING DELETED!!!!!!excuse my spelling.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.251.15.201 (talk) 06:10, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Coat of arms modification

The Coat of Amrs that was in the article is not in use anymore, it was modified and discontinued in the 80's. I have replaced it with the one that is in use currently. see the website of the Jordanian embassy in Jordan: http://www.jordanembassyus.org/emblem.htm , also the website for the Jordanian national information database (arabic) : http://www.lob.gov.jo/ui/bylaws/search_no.jsp?no=71&year=2006 Bakkouz (talk) 08:52, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

The coat of arms is still incorrect. The eagle has to look to the right: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jordanian_Hashemite_Coat_of_Arms.gif 83.161.227.13 (talk) 22:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Rearrange the order of items

good day to you all, I believe that the current order is odd, illogical I mean: law, legal, constitution, politics, etc. should be together, and religion is related to people so I suggest:# 5) Demographics 6) Religion 7) Politics, Constitution, Parlament - Term, Legal system & legislation, Kings of Jordan and political events (items numbered accordingly, keeping the rest of the list as is)

in religion add that the Jews are not accepted

and the water problems should more detailled, KerenOr (talk) 12:58, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Foreign relations

I noticed this statement in the foreign relations part: "The most recent example of such was the Likud government in Israel calling for a "Zionist state on both banks of the Jordan" in which Israeli settlements would be expanded into Jordan." Can we provide a citation for this quote? Msepryor (talk) 16:19, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Well since no citation has been provided I've removed the quote. Feel free to put it back if there is a news source or something, but I suspect this is agenda-driven disinformation. 89.145.250.179 (talk) 10:22, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

what is a Hashemite? is it an ethnicity?

just curious, what in God's name is a Hashemite person? I know its a clan. But are they an ethnicity, or a nobility title? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.9.128 (talk) 06:29, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

We have an article on Hashemite. Fribbler (talk) 10:02, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

legitimacy of Jordan's creation

I have heard time to time that Jordan's creation was completely illegitimate. I would like to know more on this subject.Tallicfan20 (talk) 05:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Against facts,there's no arguments.Agre22 (talk) 14:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)agre22

Jordan and uranium

This Israeli site: [Jordan uranium] talks about huge uranium mines in Jordan.Agre22 (talk) 14:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)agre22

if there would be uranium, the princess Rayahat had not tried to marry the persian crown prince of the iranian capitalcity Birjand and Mood, who is a german and a shia seyyed. That is dangerous in an arabic nation. (Hassantab (talk) 17:49, 25 December 2009 (UTC))

7 wonders of the world

Wrong, totally wrong, the town of Petra, although highly fascinating and interesting to visit, is NOT AT ALL one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The "New7Wonders Foundation's seven wonders of the world" is as much entitled to claim anything a wonder as McDonald's is. The writer better corrects this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.186.218.234 (talk) 00:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

looking for my career

good evening Sir Iwant to be executive house keeper what am I to do ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.29.161.82 (talk) 20:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Contradiction

and approximately 92% of the population is Muslim by religion, primarily of the Sunni branch of Islam

That means Christians are less than 8%. Yet on the immediate right a box shows religion in Jordan stating Christians as 13%. Does anyone else see a problem with this massive discretion? Gabr-el 21:40, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Conversion

In Jordan#Climate, 10 °C (18 °F) to 15 °C (27 °F) works, 10 to 15 °C (18 to 27 °F) will not. Peter Horn User talk 23:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Nor 10 °C () Peter Horn User talk 23:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Bordered

Jordan borders the west bank to the west, see this map: [2] --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 14:02, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

The lede says Palestine and Israel. Jordan and the neighboring members of the League of Arab States all have multilateral treaty agreements with the State of Palestine and the UN recognizes it as an occupied country. Compare the list of countries and the signatories of the "Casablanca Protocol" [3] harlan (talk) 06:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Archive 1

Archive 2

Palestine

The following content is copied from my talk page at: [4]. It developed there and is related to these edits: [5], [6], [7], [8]. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 22:16, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

This is a comment I gave to another editor claiming the same thing as you (reffering to this

The State of Israel is a member of the United Nations since 1949, it is recognized by all of the members of the UN's security council and therefore a legal country. S-o-Palestine on the other-hand.. Not only their affiliated government, the Palestinian National Council, doesn't practice any governance on the land it claims (Which the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip do), they are also facing a reocgnition dispute, since they are not reocgnized by three of the UN security council and therefore not (yet) a legitemate country. This argument created the consensus for List of terrorist incidents, 2015, not to put any flag for the West Bank since there is no internationally legal and legitemate sovereign in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, so Israeli settlements and the PA are under no legal sovereignty. In 2012 the UN have declared they will replace the name of the Palestinian Territories to "State of Palestine" to refer to the territory that was captured in 1967 and regarded as occupied since then, but after all the term Occupied Palestinian Teritory is used by the United Nations, via OHCHR, to refer to the two territories of the West Bank and Gaza, regarded as one since 1967. The term "Palestinian Terrioties" (without the "occupied") is used today by the BBC, The Guardian, US Department of State and even the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, which explains why editors choosed it as the title of the Palestinian Territories article.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 20:38, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

@Bolter21: This argument is nonsense. The UN has the power to admit states to membership but it doesn't have the power to decide what is a state. The principles of international law regarding statehood long precede the existence of the UN. Zero^talk 21:26, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

According to your logic, the Gaza Strip is a sovereign country, since the Palestinian National Council, the administrative body of the State of Palestine, doesn't practice any authority over the Gaza Strip. It is the Hamas Cabinet which administrate the Gaza Strip. Since 2013, editors created an unsourced chaos following the SoP's observer status and the 1 Jaunary name change of the PA. Editors assumed the PNA dissolved and started writing it everywhere. Even though the PNA president Abbas recently said that the PNA will never collapse. In 2014, the Palestinian president announced a plan to establish a unity government between Fatah and Hamas and stop the split between Gaza and WB. Editors assumed that it means that the Hamas governance has ended. WITHOUT ANY SOURCE. Funny enough, the Palestinians are now back in the talks to make a unity government (1 2).

The State of Palestine was declared in 1988 and up to date it has 136 UN members recognizing it. Kosovo has 108, no one doubts Kosovo is a partially reocgnized state, even though the Republic of Kosovo has full administration over the territory it claims. On the other hand, for some reason, editors doubt that "State of Palestine" is a partially recognized state even though it has no administration over anything and just like Kosovo, there is a veto in place. You can ask the US Department of State and OHCHR, they will not tell you "State of Palestine". Not even the Arabic Wikipedia regard to the "State of Palestine" as an important thing, they have "Historic Palestine" which is controlled by Israel and PNA. But "Wikipedia is not a source", so I gave you sources, and according to all sources I gave, using the BBC, The Guardian, US department of state (and also CIA factbook), United Nations and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the term is "Palestinian Territories", referring to the West Bank and Gaza.

If you have no source to bash these sources, don't even bother arguing.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 21:55, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Apparently, @Bolter21: does not want Palestine cited in the lead paragraph of this article, but, in its place, he/she wants [West Bank]]. I have encouraged Bolter21 to bring this subject to the talk page of this article. In lieu of him/her starting such a conversation, I am starting it now. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 22:31, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, the State of Palestine is not a physical fact. Just like Aşağı Ağcakənd is not regarded as part of Nagorno Karabakh, the Gaza Strip should not be regarded as part of the State of Palestine because both claim but do not practice any sovereignty, legal or illegal. The State of Palestine is not a legal state, since it is blocked by USA, France and the UK, which is the same status as countries like Kosovo and SADR, who both have a significant numbero of recognizers. The only authorities in the West Bank are the Palestinian Authority which doesn't have any administration over the Jordan border and the Israeli administration in area C. The Jordan artcile is the only one to state that it borders the "State of Palestine", both Israel and Egypt articles say "West Bank" and "Gaza". This indicate how severe is the 2013 wp:synth rape of I-P related articles. As long as the West Bank is not fully recozgnied as part of the State of Palestine, it is not legaly in the "State of Palestine", this will be a POV. According to sources I gave (maybe the forth time I say it), the term used to describe the West Bank and Gaza by largest mainstream media out there, the United Nations, USA official documents and even the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics if "Palestinian Territories" since no one exept english wikipedian's and their dreams, think that the "State of Palestine" is acually a physcial fact.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 22:55, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

This argument is full of errors as well as unsupported opinions. The UN's official country name for this place is "State of Palestine", see here, newer version here. The fact that you can find one UN agency that hasn't yet updated its terminology is not interesting. Similarly with the PCBS, which says "State of Palestine" right in the title of the page you link to. There is no such thing as "fully recognised"; anyway Israel is not recognised by all states either. The existence of a potential SC veto is also mostly irrelevant; you should look up the history of how the USSR used its veto to keep out states like Italy for many years. Zero^talk 00:28, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

UNO didn't recognize that Palestine was a State but anyway acted that it was a State as a consequence of its recognition by numerous countries.

We could stop arguing here. There is no rule, no principle or no law that could be added to this. The recognition is a one-by-one process in which a State recognizes another one. Nobody can prevent this. Nobody can support this. The only capability of any other State is to do the same or not.

In other words, Palestine is a State because it has been recognized as such by other States. No more, no less. But no need of more.

The UNO action had a huge value, but still symbolic one.

Pluto2012 (talk) 18:15, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

<-"Egypt's Official Tourism Website" says "It is bordered to the east by the Red Sea, Palestine and Israel to the north-east, Libya to the west, and Sudan to the south."[9] and "The official site of the Jordan Tourism Board" says "Jordan is located in the Middle East and borders Syria, Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea, Palestine, Israel, and Iraq."[10] These are 2 examples of simple, informative, accurate descriptions from official sources that use standard naming, descriptions that have not been compromised by ignorance and prejudice. Sean.hoyland - talk 18:12, 29 January 2016 (UTC)