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title = "Cleanliness Comes From Faith"
slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith"
date = 2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00
images = ["IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep the city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith."
categories = ["Islam"]
tags = ["Graffiti", "Amman"]
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There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn't know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly — and often times with such <em>finesse</em> — as here in Jordan.

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I saw this graffiti while walking around downtown Amman and thought the irony was too much to not share it. Loosely translated (this apparently comes from the [words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith)), it says "cleanliness comes from faith" (_al-nadafa min al-iman_).
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 								title = "Cleanliness Comes From Faith"
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 								date = 2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00
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											2017-07-25 21:11:59 +02:00
+								description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep the city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith."
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											2017-07-25 21:06:35 +02:00
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 								tags = ["Graffiti", "Amman"]
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-												Move all content to page bundles

This allows me to use Hugo's image resizing to create img srcsets
where the client downloads an appropriate image depending on their
screen size.

I had to go back and find original photos for each of these posts
because Hugo was resizing my already-optimized versions and they
looked horrible. Unfortunately I couldn't find originals for these
posts:
  - aqaba-dirty-disappointing
  - contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom
  - eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster
  - no-noise-near-noisy-mosque
  - red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen

Hugo will fall back to looking in the static directory for these.

											
										
										
											2020-12-04 21:55:28 +01:00
+								{{< figure src="IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}
-												Add post about cleanliness from faith

											
										
										
											2017-07-25 21:06:35 +02:00
 								There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn't know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly — and often times with such <em>finesse</em> — as here in Jordan.
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Use dashes with "Al" in English transliteration of Arabic and use
italics for words that are not English.

											
										
										
											2020-03-22 09:07:34 +01:00
+								I saw this graffiti while walking around downtown Amman and thought the irony was too much to not share it. Loosely translated (this apparently comes from the [words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith)), it says "cleanliness comes from faith" (_al-nadafa min al-iman_).