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<h4>Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful</h4>
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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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<p>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 <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith">words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad</a>), it says “cleanliness comes from faith” (al nadafa min al iman).</p>
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