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 Jordan

The Flag Represents the country by the black represents the Abbassid Caliphate, white represents the Ummayyad Caliphate, green represents the Fatimid Caliphate, the red triangle represents the Great Arab Revolt of 1916, the White star is a seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran. The seven points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations.

Bordering Countries: Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq Population: 6,198,677 Capital City: Amman Agricultural Products: citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, sheep, poultry, stone fruits, strawberries, dairy Manufactured Goods: clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals Current Leader: King HUSSEIN (1953-99), King ABDALLAH II (1999-present)

The government is a Constitutional Monarchy. In the Executive Branch the Cabinet is appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the monarch. Being the monarch is hereditary and the prime minister is appointed by the Monarch. In the Legislative Branch the National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of the Senate, also called the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan, and the Chamber of Deputies, also called the House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab. The Judicial Branch consists of the Court of Cassation; Supreme Court.

Three places I woudl like to see in Jordan is the Great Rift Valley, the Jordan river, the Dead Sea. The three place the you should see in Jordan are The Jordan River, The Gulf of Aqaba, and The Great Rift Valley.

On May 25, 1946 Jordan Received its Independence On January 1, 1952 the Jordan Constitution was signed

[|Current Event Article] Title: Jordan's Islamists Seek Offices Their Allies Scorn Author: Thanassis Cambanis Source: Hayat Massimi, campaigning for Parliament, spoke to supporters on November 8 in the Jordanian City of Zarqa Date of Article: November 16, 2007 1. Political Islamists in Jordan are engaged in a delicate balancing act- one that dogs most Islamists parties in the region that choose to take part in secular political systems. 2. Hayat Massimi, a 45 year old pharmacist and parliamentary incumbent from the Islamic Action Front, has been crisscrossing Zarqa's cramped neighborhoods, making campaign pitches in private homes and mosques and at tent rallies. 3. If Islam is the solution as the party's slogan proclaims, and the political system is corrupt,some religious voters wonder why the Islamist bloc should take part in elections at all. 4. What they wanted to know was could the Islamic Action Front do in Parliament to affect the issues affecting them-rising prices for flour and diesel fuel,stagnant salaries,spiking inflation and rampant unemployment? 5. The Islamist candidates decided to run even through their own Islamic Action Front leadership wanted to boycott the election, contending that the government rigged elections to minimize the Islamist representation. 6. One such voter is Maysoon al-Medhoon, 28, who waited nearly three hours in a friend’s apartment in Zarqa for the opportunity to question the candidate. Ms. Medhoon supports the Islamic Action Front, but only as a temporary salve until Jordan, and the rest of the Muslim world, witnesses a religious revolution that will solve the people’s problems. “Islam is the only real force for change,” she said. “Islam is the solution for everything.”

To relate this article to cia.gov the Islamic community has no say in the Political stand point. They still have the right to vote, but being the fact that the community is very poor and uneducated they don't know what they are voting for. The parliment is trying to just get voters for election and not caring about the community. This is how i relate this article to www.cia.gov

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