Day: July 5, 2022

The First Irbid Awqaf Directorate said Tuesday it has prepared 170 summer centers for memorization of the Holy Quran in the Directorate’s various mosques under the title “Al-Aqsa is a Hashemite custodianship and an eternal right.”

Head of the directorate, Omar Hammouri, told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the supervisory committee on those centers was keen to select experts and competent personnel in teaching from holders of Sharia certificates, management, and courses in recitation and intonation.

He added that the aim of these summer centers is to teach recitation, memorization and understanding of the Holy Quran, the holy hadith, the Prophet’s biography, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and stories of prophets, and the consolidation of Islamic values, manners, morals, and national culture, in addition to extracurricular activities.

Hammouri urged male and female students to register in these centers in the nearest mosque designated for them within their areas of residence, which will start teaching in July 16th until August end, pointing out that 80 centers have been allocated for males and 90 centers for females.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde Tuesday said Stockholm would abide by the clauses in the tripartite MoU between Turkey, Sweden and Finland regarding the latter’s accession to NATO, according to Anadolu Agency.

During a press conference in Brussels following the protocol signing requesting the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance, Linde said, “We will fully comply with the tripartite memorandum, and we will have a joint mechanism. I hope the Turkish parliament would ratify it quickly.”

On June 28, Turkey, Sweden and Finland signed a tripartite MoU on the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid after the European countries pledged to respond to Ankara’s demands.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Centro Mada Amman Hotel has committed to being a leader among green and environmentally-friendly hotels in Jordan by making environmental sustainability an intrinsic part of its model and adopting its principles in all its operations.

Centro Mada Amman’s vision, which is based on Rotana Group’s corporate sustainability platform Rotana Earth, aims to make the group a leader in its sector by applying sustainable business practices that contribute to the reduction of damage to the environment and advancing environmental and economic benefits for the local community.

To that end, Centro Mada Amman, which has 194 rooms and ten suites, has adopted a number of environmental policies that comply with best international practices, including a solar energy system and energy-saving light systems that power the entire hotel.

The hotel also upholds a paper and plastic recycling policy throughout its facilities and is an avid supporter of Green Wheelz, a non-profit initiative that collects solid waste items for recycling as a means of supporting the local economy, protecting the environment, and reducing the burden on landfills.

The proceeds of the sales are then donated towards the provision of care for persons with disabilities, children affected by cerebral palsy as well as early childhood education. The hotel also offers clients e-check-in facilities, which eliminates the use of paper, and is working on becoming plastic-free in the near future.

Centro Mada Amman Hotel General Manager Imad Akil, said, “Our entire team works to make the hotel a model of sustainability by applying the best and most stringent environmental policies in the world and promoting green practices. This is in line with our belief in the importance of our role in addressing climate change and protecting the environment by reducing energy consumption, protecting water sources, and promoting effective administration through the management of the available natural resources.” Akil went on to add that in light of the challenges facing the environment, eco-hotels have become the choice of responsible tourism.

The lifestyle hotel is the ideal choice in Amman, centrally located minutes away from embassies and ministries in the Abdoun area and close to Amman’s main shopping malls, tourist attractions and corporate hubs, including the King Hussein Business Park. The hotel is a mere ten minutes away from the bustling Abdali Boulevard, and Queen Alia International Airport is 32 kilometers away.

All the hotel’s rooms and suites are equipped with amenities designed to encourage relaxation and comfort. The hotel also boasts two modern eateries, one located at the top of the hotel with stunning city views. Additionally, each meeting room is equipped with the latest technologies from global leaders in telecommunications, making it the ideal choice for business people and diplomats.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The tourism minister Tuesday said that Jordan’s tourism revenue could hit JOD2.9 billion by the end of 2022, with almost JOD1.5 billion in the first half of 2022.

Deputising for HRH Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, the Crown Prince, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Nayef Fayez sponsored the ceremony of Madaba winning the title of Arab Tourism Capital for 2022 at the Dead Sea Panorama.

Fayez said that the Ministry worked under challenging circumstances that the COVID-19 pandemic had imposed to realise the vision of His Majesty King Abdullah II and practice the Ministry’s mandate in breathing life into tourism, adding that figures indicate that tourism revenue could exceed JOD2.9 billion.

He noted that the numbers indicate that more than 1.9 million tourists visited Jordan in the first half of 2022.

He said, “Today, Madaba, which hosts many archaeological sites, is one of the most important governorates on the Jordanian, Arab and international tourism map. God has blessed it with a special location and diversity in climate and terrain that made this good spot a centre for the basis of many civilisations, leaving us with a history that we can observe everywhere in the city.”

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan has extended its heartfelt condolences to the United States government and people for the victims of a shooting incident at a Fourth of July parade on Monday in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday voiced the Kingdom’s solidarity with the US, offering its deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Deep-rooted ties between Jordan and France serve an ambitious relationship and common objectives, French ambassador in Amman Véronique Vouland-Aneini said Tuesday.

In a statement released after the six-month French Presidency of the EU Council came to an end, the ambassador said that in Jordan, the EU and its member states have provided more than €6 billion in humanitarian aid, development aid and budget support since 2014.

She also noted a meeting of EU-Jordan Association Council which was convened in early June in Amman for the first time as well as a meeting between His Majesty King Abdullah II and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A man admitted to killing his two young daughters and burying them in the backyard of the family house in the northern Ramtha District, a spokesman for the Public Security Department said Tuesday.

According to the spokesman, a non-Jordanian woman reported to the Ramtha police that her allegedly mentally ill ex-husband has been abusing and beating their four children, and that she fears for their lives.

After receiving the report, the police moved to the family’s home and detained the father. However, they only found two children a boy and a girl who confirmed that their abusive father had killed their two sisters, ages 9 and 12, and buried them in the backyard.

The man admitted to the investigators that he had beaten his two daughters to death and buried them in his yard in the past ten days.

Source: Jordan News Agency