Terrorism and extremism are a battle Jordan has fought for decades, and it has been part of the world's effort to contain extremist ideology and its organizational forms, such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates. Jordan realized that if this ideology takes root in any country, it hijacks its people's right to a normal life, or hijacks a part of it, as happened in Iraq, Syria, and African countries. For this reason, Jordan has done everything it can to uproot these organizations from our surroundings and fights with ideology to weaken this ideology.
What happened in Karak is one of the attempts by this ideology, regardless of the organization, to hijack the consciousness of Jordanians, harm the unity of society, and take revenge on the stubborn Jordanian state that has pursued extremist ideology and its organizational forms, working to contain it intellectually, politically, security-wise, and militarily.
Our battle with terrorism and extremism is one of the battles of Jordan and the Jordanians against everyone who has tried and is trying to hijack the state or the minds and consciousness of Jordanians to make it an arena for others who have one goal, no matter how different their slogans or the cause they fight us with—whether religion, revolutionary slogans, or the exploitation of the nation's issues—may be.
Jordan is a state that realizes what others want from it, its experiences in confronting attempts to hijack it for the benefit of others are accumulating, and it realizes what happened to countries hijacked by terrorism, militias, religious slogans, or dependency on other states.
Jordanian stubbornness is a solidity that has been tested over more than a century, and others have always failed while Jordan, the Jordanians, and their leadership have succeeded in preserving Jordan with its identity, and its leadership has preserved the right of Jordanians to a normal life.
