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Risalah Amman

In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate; Prayers and
Salutations upon His chosen Prophet, upon the Prophet’s household, his
courageous companions, and all the apostles and prophets:

God Almighty said: “Mankind ! We created you from a pair o f a male and
female, and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other.
The most honoured o f you in the sight o f God is the most righteous o f you”
(Al Hujurat: 13).

Amman , the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, seizes the
opportunity of this Holy Month of Ramadan, in which the Holy Quran was
revealed, to issue a statement to the public, to our brethren in Muslim lands
and in this whole world.

We are aware of the dangers and challenges the Islamic Nation is facing
today at this difficult juncture of its course. Evils threaten its identity, incite
disunity, tarnish its religion and assail its tenets; they attack fiercely the very
message of Islam. Some who attack Islam imagine it is their enemy. But it
is not their enemy. Others, who claim to belong to Islam, have done
gruesome and criminal acts in its name. The message that is under attack
is the message of tolerance, revealed by the Almighty to His prophet
Muhammad, God’s prayers and salutations be upon him, and carried after
him by his orthodox successors and household members: a message of
brotherhood and humanity; forming a righteous religion that embraces the
entire sphere of human life, upholding what is good and forbidding what is
wrong, accepting of'others, and honouring all human beings.

Over many years, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has sought to repel
assaults on Islam by halting the fallacies against it and promoting true
understanding of the faith. These efforts are inspired by the religious and
historical legacy of the Hashemite monarchy, honoured as direct
descendants of the Prophet, the Messenger of God. For five decades, his
late Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal, God rest his soul, persisted tirelessly
to reform the image and support the unity of the world’s Muslims. His
Majesty King Abdullah II has continued this effort with the same
steadfastness since the day he held the flag. Today, His Majesty is
determined to ward off Muslim marginalization and isolation in the global
movement of human society. His goal is to assert what the world’s 1.2
billion Muslims expect themselves to be: full partners in the development of
human civilization, and in the progress of humanity in our age.

The Muslim faith is based on belief in one God and the message of His
Prophet; the daily prayers by which we connect to our Creator; the
Ramadan fast in which we resist and discipline the desires of the body; the
Zakat charitable tax by which we help others; and the Haj pilgrimage to
God’s House, Mecca, which represents the unity of the Nation (the
Ummah), and is performed by those who are able. These obligations,