95% of the population of Jordan are Muslims. Those include other Non-Arab Minorities such as the Circassians and Chechen who fled to Jordan towards the end of the 19th Century. The Rest of the population are Arab (mainly Greek Orthodox or Catholic) and Armenian Christians. They tend to live in Amman, Kerak, Madaba, Ajlun and Salt. About half of the Christian community follow the Eastern Orthodox rite, headed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
You will hear the call to prayer five times a day as in all Muslim countries: af Fajr- ( The dawn prayer) Thuhur (Noon): Asr (The late afternoon prayer); Maghrib (The sunset prayer); and Isha (The night prayer). It is rare today to have the Mu'azzein himself calling from the top of the minaret; he has been replaced by a loudspeaker and a tape recorder.
The basis of Muslim faith stems from the early years of the 7th Century AD when the prophet Mohammed received the word from Allah and called upon those living around him to leave their pagan rituals and beliefs to follow Islam. Muslims consider their God to be the same God worshiped by Christians by disagree with the Christian divination associated with Jesues, In Islam, Mohammed is the prophet of God, not his son.
Islam which means submission in Arabic, implies that it is the duty of the people to submit themselves to worship and obey -Allah- The one God. The Koran is the word of God spoken to Mohammed while he was in Mecca and Medina during the Seventh Century. It is the holy book of all Muslims.
