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I don't think it's fair to think of Jordan as a particularly Islamist (which is distinct from Islamic; the former being a political philosophy, the latter meani
by rflrob 15y ago
I don't think it's fair to think of Jordan as a particularly Islamist (which is distinct from Islamic; the former being a political philosophy, the latter meaning "primarily Muslim") country. Especially compared to the Gulf states which have lots of oil wealth, Jordan is a relatively moderate society, much closer to Turkey in terms of westernization than Yemen or even Saudi Arabia[1].
[1] According to the CIA World Factbook, female literacy rates are 96% in Israel, 85% in Jordan, 80% in Turkey, 70% in Saudi Arabia, and 30% in Yemen. That's just a single, relatively poor metric, but gives some idea of the state of things.
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- ChuckMcM 15y agoI don't think I called out Jordan as Islamist, I said that a Star Trek universe is conceptually the inverse of an Islamic universe. Creating a theme park in the Middle east which is dominated by Islamic politics seems unlikely to succeed at best. Jordan is perhaps one of the few places where this project could even get off the ground (Dubai as well perhaps). The fact that it would be built, in spite of being antithetical to a large chunk of possible 'customers' is where the dissonance comes in.