The Rise of Official Islam in Jordan

Title: The Rise of Official Islam in Jordan
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: February 2013
Description:

This paper examines the development of ‘Official Islam’, or state-sponsored religious institutions, in Jordan. We argue that Jordan's development went through three phases. From its independence in 1947 until the revolution, the state undertook minimal efforts to develop this institution. After the Iranian revolution, however, the state changed course by developing two such institutions – the Advisory Council of Dar al-Ifta (Department for Issuing Fatwas) and the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought. These institutional changes set the stage for the regime's new policy of seeking to manage the public religious space. With the rise of Global Jihadism in the late 1990s, however, the state has increasingly empowered both institutions seeking to actively shape the religious space and debate in Jordan.

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Citation:

"The Rise of Official Islam in Jordan,"  Politics, Religion and Ideology Vol. 14, Issue: 1 (2013)

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