AmmAn messAge - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre

THEAMMAN MESSAGE
In the name of god, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. Peace and blessings upon His chosen
Prophet, and upon his household, his noble blessed
companions, and upon all the messengers and prophets:
God Almighty has said: O humankind! We created you
from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes
that you may know each other. Truly the most honored of you
before God is the most pious of you. (49:13)
This is a declaration to our brethren in the lands of
Islam and throughout the world that Amman, the capital
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is proud to
issue during the blessed month of Ramadan in which the
Qur’an descended as guidance to humankind and as clarifications
for guidance and discernment. (2:185)
In this declaration we speak frankly to the [Islamic]
nation, at this difficult juncture in its history, regarding
the perils that beset it. We are aware of the challenges
confronting the nation, threatening its identity, assailing
its tenets (kalima), and working to distort its religion
and harm what is sacred to it. Today the magnanimous
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