Religion
Ninety-six percent of Jordan’s population is Sunni Muslim. The other four percent are primarily Christian. Organized Islamic movements today may be categorized into two categories: that which focuses on political goals, and that which focuses on religious revival. One of the politically-oriented groups is the Muslim Brotherhood. Some of the organized non-political Islamic groups are Sufi orders, the Jamaat al-Tabligh and the Jamaat al-Sulufiyya (known in Egyptian colloquial as al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya.
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