Amman, July 11 (Petra) –Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
launched a clean-up campaign in downtown Amman on Saturday, with the
participation of volunteers from Quranic centers.

This initiative is part of the implementation of the National
Cleanliness and Anti-Indiscriminate Waste Dumping Strategy for the
years 2026-2027.

The campaign, themed: “A Cleaner Environment and a More Refined
Society,” began at Amman’s Citadel, and concluded at the Grand
Husseini Mosque, as a part of the ministry’s ongoing program of
clean-up campaigns across the Kingdom.

In a press statement, the Ministry’s Secretary-General, Dr. Ismail
Khatib, said the ministry continues to implement His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Al Hussein’s directives, aimed at promoting a culture to
preserve the environment, public facilities, and forests.

Khatib remarked this endeavor is “a national responsibility and a
civilized behavior that reflects the level of societal awareness and
patriotism.”

Through its endowments directorates nationwide, he noted the ministry
implements weekly field programs and activities within a
comprehensive institutional framework.

He said this effort aims at promoting a culture of public cleanliness
and civilized behavior from a religious and ethical perspective, in
partnership with various relevant entities.

On its goals, he stated the ministry’s plan to implement the national
strategy seeks to organize thousands of sermons, lectures, launch
field cleanliness campaigns, provide environmentally friendly tools
in mosques, and produce awareness materials to raise the public’s
level of environmental awareness.

Under the initiative, volunteers cleaned public squares and
facilities and removed waste, which would reduce pollution, preserve
natural, archaeological, and tourist sites, enhance the civilized
appearance of the downtown area, and highlight its historical and
touristic value, particularly the Citadel, the Roman Amphitheater,
and the Grand Husseini Mosque yards.

//Petra// AG