Editing Islam in Jordan (section)

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[[Image:King Abdullah Mosque at Night.jpg|thumb|[[King Abdullah I Mosque]] at night in thy [[Amman]]. The royal family of [[Jordan]] adheres to [[Sunni]] branch of [[Islam]]ic religion.]]
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The [[Hashemite]] Kingdom of [[Jordan]] is a majority Muslim country with 97.2% of the population following [[Sunni Islam]] while a small minority follow [[Shiite]] branches. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 [[Druze in Jordan|Druze]] living mostly in the north of Jordan, even though most [[Druze]] no longer consider themselves Muslim.<ref>{{cite book|title=America & Islam: Soundbites, Suicide Bombs and the Road to Donald Trump|first=Lawrence|last= Pintak|year= 2019| isbn=  9781788315593| page =86|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Templar Spirit: The Esoteric Inspiration, Rituals and Beliefs of the Knights Templar|first=Margaret|last=  Jonas|year= 2011| isbn= 9781906999254| page =83|publisher=Temple Lodge Publishing|quote=[Druze] often they are not regarded as being Muslim at all, nor do all the Druze consider themselves as Muslim}}</ref> Many Jordanian Muslims practice [[Sufism in Jordan|Sufism]]. 

The 1952 Constitution grants freedom of religion while stipulating that the king and his successors must be Muslims and sons of Muslim parents.<ref name=":0">{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Jordan: a country study|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|location=Washington|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/91006858/|date=1991|editor-last=Metz|editor-first=Helen Chapin|editor-link=Helen Chapin Metz|pages=102, 109-112|isbn=|oclc=600477967|postscript=. {{PD-notice}}}}</ref> Religious minorities include [[Christianity in Jordan| Christian]]s of various denominations (1%) and even fewer adherents of other faiths.{{Fact|date=October 2021}} Jordan is a religious and conservative country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7102329.stm|title=Jordan's struggle with Islamism|date=19 November 2007|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>