diff --git a/content/post/cleanliness-comes-from-faith.md b/content/post/cleanliness-comes-from-faith.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b770812 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/cleanliness-comes-from-faith.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ ++++ +title = "Cleanliness Comes From Faith" +slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith" +author = "Alan Orth" +date = 2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00 +images = ["/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"] +description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep their city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith." +categories = ["Islam"] +tags = ["Graffiti", "Amman"] ++++ + +{{< figure src="/2017/07/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" >}} + +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 finesse — as here in Jordan. + + + +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). diff --git a/static/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg b/static/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e6c5e442 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg differ