“Amman, Islamic Culture Capital for 2017” Launched in Jordan

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The city of Amman, Jordan’s capital, was officially named as “the Islamic Culture Capital for 2017” in a ceremony held earlier this week.

According to aljazeera.net, The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has selected four cities as the culture capitals of the Muslim world in 2017 including, Amman in Jordan, Sennar in Sudan, the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, and Kampala in Uganda.

The ceremony in Amman was attended by a number of cultural, religious and academic figures such as Abdulaziz Twejery, Director-General of ISESCO, and Nabih Shiqim, the Culture Minister of Jordan.

According to ISESCO, the selection of Amman comes in appreciation of Jordan’s stature as a model of moderate Islam in the face of extremism, as well as the Kingdom’s deep-rooted history and civilization over the centuries.

Addressing the ceremony, the Jordanian minister said that the selection of Amman came in recognition of its contributions to enlightenment, namely, the current situation facing the nation.

Also speaking in the program, Twejery said that Islamic culture capitals’ program mirrors the enlightened cultural vision of the joint Islamic cultural work.

The ceremony also saw the screening of a short film on the reasons for selecting Amman as the Islamic cultural capital by the ISESCO.

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