Christians in Jordanian Society
Christians are well integrated in the Jordanian society and have a high level of freedom, though they are not free to evangelize Muslims . They form a significant part of the kingdom's political and economic elite. Christians enjoy high economic and social opportunities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan compared to the position of their co-religionists in the rest of the Middle East. Christians are allotted 9 out of a total of 110 seats in the Jordanian parliament, and also hold important ministerial portfolios, ambassadorial appointments, and positions of high military rank. A survey by a Western embassy found that half of Jordan's prominent business families were Christians.
Jordanian Christians are allowed by the public and private sectors to leave their work to attend mass on Sundays. All Christian religious ceremonies are publicly celebrated in Jordan. Christians have established good relations with the royal family and the various Jordanian government officials, and they have their own ecclesiastical courts for matters of personal status.
The government of Jordan has contributed to restoring pilgrimages to the baptismal site of Jesus Christ.
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