(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman Dec. 23 (Petra)--Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and Cabinet members congratulated His Majesty King Abdullah II HRH Crown Prince Hussein as well as Jordanians both Muslims and Christians on the occasions of Prophet Mohammad's birthday and Christmas.
Ensour pointed to the King's address yesterday on the two occasions and its important messages on the Jordanian model for co-existence and the values of tolerance and compassion shared by Islam and Christianity.
In a Cabinet session on Wednesday the prime minister said that Prophet Mohammad's birthday coincides with the birth of Jesus Christ adding that both contributed to spreading the values of peace and compassion for all humanity.
"We in Jordan Muslims and Christians are proud of our co-existence and traditions and of justice and equality in rights and duties that we apply in all aspects of life" Ensour added.
He said that the challenges facing our region mainly the threat of terrorist organizations and extremist ideologies that contradict the teachings of Islam and Christianity require discarding these ideologies and preventing them from sowing sedition in the Jordanian community.
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