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.Massad, J. ''Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan''. 2012. P324. 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. It is claimed that the event was instigated by the

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and Hizb ut-Tahrir. It was also claimed that a Jordanian Parliament Member, Muhammad Salim Abu al-Ghanam, was behind the eruption of the riot. 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

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. The riots were severe – foreign consulates were attacked and many people were killed and wounded throughout the country.Haim, S. and Kadourie, E. ''Palestine and Israel in the 19th and 20th Centuries''. p265. The riots were quelled only with the military intervention of the Arab Legion and imposition of a curfew.George, A. ''Jordan: Living in the Crossfire''. 2005. p29. As a result of the riots, the

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government fell and the introduction of Jordan into the pact was cancelled.

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