{"id":541,"date":"2005-09-23T00:16:32","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T04:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/09\/23\/coincidence-or-a-profile-in-courage\/"},"modified":"2005-09-23T00:16:32","modified_gmt":"2005-09-23T04:16:32","slug":"coincidence-or-a-profile-in-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/09\/23\/coincidence-or-a-profile-in-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincidence or a Profile in Courage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a7095'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td height=\"394\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"+2\">Poll: Jordan top anti-Jew nation<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Jordan leads the Islamic world in its<br \/>\n        antipathy for Jews according to <a href=\"http:\/\/pewglobal.org\/reports\/display.php?ReportID=248\">a<br \/>\n        new poll by the Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      The poll, which surveyed 17,000 people in 17 countries, said 100 percent<br \/>\n      of Jordanians viewed Jews unfavorably. The majority of Jordanians are Palestinians,<br \/>\n      but the late King Hussein and his son and successor, King Abdullah have<br \/>\n      been known for their pro-American stances. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/worldtribune\/05\/front2453632.451388889.html\">World Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Well, apparently not exactly 100%. Seems there&#8217;s<br \/>\n          this one guy, Abdullah&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"+2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/abdukk.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"219\" align=\"left\">Jordan&#8217;s king extends hand to Jews<\/font><br \/>\n        <strong><br \/>\n        Abdullah, talking to rabbis, lauds common values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>        By Charles A. Radin, Globe Staff | September 22, 2005<\/p>\n<p>        WASHINGTON &#8212; Convening an unprecedented meeting between a Muslim head<br \/>\n        of state and Jewish religious leaders, King Abdullah II of Jordan urged<br \/>\n        Jews and Muslims yesterday to &#8221;take bold steps toward mutual forgiveness<br \/>\n        and reconciliation&quot; to counteract extremist violence produced by<br \/>\n      distortion of religion.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/world\/middleeast\/articles\/2005\/09\/22\/jordans_king_extends_hand_to_jews\/\">Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>So, what do people in Amman think of their King?<br \/>\n          Hero or traitor? Can one courageous man turn back a tide of historical<br \/>\n          hatred<br \/>\n        and prejudice? The guy deserves the Pulitzer, in the Dowbrigade&#8217;s book,<br \/>\n        just for trying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Meanwhile, the country with the most FAVORABLE opinion<br \/>\n          of Jews was Holland, although we couldn&#8217;t help but notice that Jamaica<br \/>\n          was somehow excluded from the study&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pewglobal.org\/reports\/display.php?ReportID=248\">Pew Institute Study<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll: Jordan top anti-Jew nation Jordan leads the Islamic world in its antipathy for Jews according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. The poll, which surveyed 17,000 people in 17 countries, said 100 percent of Jordanians viewed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/09\/23\/coincidence-or-a-profile-in-courage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-serious-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}