''Shihan'' () was a
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
ian weekly newspaper published in Arabic.
The word ''Shihan'' is also the name for a mountain located in the southern part of Jordan, close to the city of
Al-Karak
Al-Karak (), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of ...
.
History and profile
''Shihan'' is being published weekly by Arab Printers Company.
The paper has ties with the
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers ('' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, Imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings s ...
group in Jordan.
On 2 February 2006 ''Shihan'' published the
caricatures of Muhammad originally published by the ''
Jyllands-Posten
(; English: ''The Morning Newspaper "The Jutland Post"''), commonly shortened to or ''JP'', is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Aarhus C, Jutland, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies.[List of newspapers in Jordan
This is a list of newspapers in Jordan.
Daily newspapers
*'' Al Ra'ai'', national
*'' Ad-Dustour'', national
*''Al Ghad'', national
*'' Ammon News'', online newspaper
*''Jordan Times'', English; national
*'' Jordan News'', English; national
* ...]
References
1991 establishments in Jordan
Newspapers published in Jordan
Arabic-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1991
Weekly newspapers
Mass media in Amman
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