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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00" > Tue Jul 25, 2017< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > 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.< / p >
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