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Jordan is a majority Muslim country with 94% of the population following Sunni Islam while a small minority follow Shia Islam and fewer than 800 are Bahá'ís. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 Druze living mostly in the north of Jordan. Jordan also has a Christian minority, making up 6% of the population, mainly Greek Orthodox or Catholic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51602.htm )〕 Christians made up 30% of the Jordanian population in 1950. However, high rates of Muslim immigration into Jordan has significantly decreased the Christian percentage of the country's population.〔 There are no legal restrictions on Jews, but in 2006 there were reported to be no Jewish citizens.〔US Department of State (2006), International Religious Freedom Report 2006. ()〕 Bahá'ís〔(البهائيون في الأردن )〕 and religious minorities practice freely in Jordan, however, with specific restrictions. ==Distribution== The percentages vary slightly in different cities and regions, for instance the south of Jordan and cities like Zarqa have the highest percentage of Muslims, while Amman, Irbid, Madaba, Salt, and Karak have larger Christian communities than the national average, and the towns of Fuheis, Al Husn and Ajloun have either majority Christian or much greater than national average. Several villages have mixed Christian/Muslim populations, like Kufranja and Raimoun in the north. Anglicans/Episcopalians in Jordan are under the oversight of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem. The Church of the Redeemer is the largest congregation by membership of any church in the entire Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. Other Episcopal churches are in Ashrafiyya, Salt, Zarqa, Marka refugee camp, Irbid, Al Husn and Aqaba. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religion in Jordan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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