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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. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 Druze living mostly in the north of Jordan, even though most Druze no longer consider themselves Muslim.[1][2] Many Jordanian Muslims practice Sufism.
The 1952 Constitution grants freedom of religion while stipulating that the king and his successors must be Muslims and sons of Muslim parents.[3] Religious minorities include Christians of various denominations (1%) and even fewer adherents of other faiths.[citation needed] Jordan is a religious and conservative country.[4]
- ^ Pintak, Lawrence (2019). America & Islam: Soundbites, Suicide Bombs and the Road to Donald Trump. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 9781788315593.
- ^ Jonas, Margaret (2011). The Templar Spirit: The Esoteric Inspiration, Rituals and Beliefs of the Knights Templar. Temple Lodge Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 9781906999254.
[Druze] often they are not regarded as being Muslim at all, nor do all the Druze consider themselves as Muslim
- ^ Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. (1991). Jordan: a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 102, 109–112. OCLC 600477967.
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