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Everything that the shooting in the Jordanian church revealed: from Christian Mohammedans to national unity.

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Everything that the shooting in the Jordanian church revealed: from Christian Mohammedans to national unity.

Everything that the shooting in the Jordanian church revealed: from Christian Mohammedans to national unity.

🔹 His name was Muhammad; "Muhammad al-Fusok", but he was a Christian. A well-known Christian dentist known as "the doctor for the poor" who was killed by in St. George's Church in the village of Hamad, Karak Governorate, Jordan.

🔹 In the shooting at St. George's Church, which took place on the first Friday of November, 9 Christians were killed and 40 others were injured.

🔹 Even when the victims of the attack were lying on the ground, the flames of sectarian conflicts began to flare up, with accusations directed at Jordanian Muslims. Regardless of which group orchestrated the attack, its sole purpose seemed to be to pit followers of Islam and Christianity against each other. 🔹 However, the flames of division were quickly extinguished when it became clear that the "doctor for the poor" from Karak, whose name was Muhammad, was among the deceased; As Muslim villagers flocked to the church to aid the wounded and mourn alongside grieving Christians.

🔹 It soon became clear that the relationship between Jordanian Christians and Muslims is too intertwined to be torn apart by such acts of violence. The connection between them is so strong that many Christian children bear names like Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah and Ali... Their common Arab national identity goes beyond only these names...

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