<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Islam on Picturing Jordan</title> <link>https://picturingjordan.com/categories/islam/</link> <description>Recent content in Islam on Picturing Jordan</description> <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>.</copyright> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:15:22 +0300</lastBuildDate> <atom:link href="https://picturingjordan.com/categories/islam/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>Cleanliness Comes From Faith</title> <link>https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:15:22 +0300</pubDate> <guid>https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/</guid> <description><figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can"/> <figcaption> <h4>Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn&rsquo;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 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->finesse<!-- raw HTML omitted --> — as here in Jordan.</p></description> </item> </channel> </rss>