1955 Madaba riot

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The 1955 Madaba riot, sometimes also referred as the Madaba massacre took place in the predominantly Christians Jordanian town of Madaba, when a number of Christians were killed by Islamist rioters. [1]

The riot seems to have begun in a dispute between Christian and Muslim taxi drivers, after which the Salt monastery was attacked by members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir, eventually transforming in into an all-out sectarian riot. [1] It is claimed that the event was instigated by the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir. [1] It was also claimed that a Jordanian Parliament Member, Muhammad Salim Abu al-Ghanam, was behind the eruption of the riot. [1]

Wide-scale anti-Hashemite riots took place the same year in December, lasting for five days. Those came as a result of an attempt to bring Jordan into the Baghdad Pact. The riots were severe – foreign consulates were attacked and many people were killed and wounded throughout the country. [2] The riots were quelled only with the military intervention of the Arab Legion and imposition of a curfew. [3] As a result of the riots, the Majali government fell and the introduction of Jordan into the pact was cancelled. [2]

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  2. 1 2 Haim, S. and Kadourie, E. Palestine and Israel in the 19th and 20th Centuries. p265.
  3. George, A. Jordan: Living in the Crossfire. 2005. p29.