Editing Xenophobia (section)

==== Jordan ====
[[Jordan]] does not allow entry to Jews who have visible signs of Judaism or possess personal religious items. The Jordanian ambassador to Israel replied to a complaint by a religious Jew who was denied entry by stating that security concerns required that travelers who are entering the Hashemite Kingdom should not do so with prayer shawls ([[Tallit]]) and phylacteries ([[Tefillin]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Jordan denies entry to Israeli with Jewish prayer items |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/jordan-denies-entry-to-israeli-with-jewish-prayer-items-1.279743 |date=10 July 2009 |work=Haaretz |access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> Jordanian authorities state that the policy is to ensure the Jewish tourists' safety.<ref>{{cite web |title=Israeli tourists asked to hand over Jewish paraphernalia |url=http://www.eturbonews.com/4337/israeli-tourists-asked-hand-over-jewish-paraphernalia |date=13 August 2008 |publisher=eTurboNews |access-date=23 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211182920/http://www.eturbonews.com/4337/israeli-tourists-asked-hand-over-jewish-paraphernalia |archive-date=11 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2009, six [[Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)|Breslov]] [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidim]] were deported after attempting to enter Jordan to visit the tomb of [[Aaron]] / Sheikh Harun on [[Mount Hor]], near [[Petra]]. The group had taken a ferry from [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]], Egypt because they understood that Jordanian authorities were making it hard for visible Jews to enter their country from Israel.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mendel, Arieh |script-title=he:חסידי ברסלב גורשו מירדן: "הם מאוד מאוכזבים" |url=http://www.haredim.co.il/ViewArticle.aspx?catID=1&itmID=970 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008033754/http://www.haredim.co.il/ViewArticle.aspx?catID=1&itmID=970 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |date=21 July 2009 |publisher=Haredim.co.il |access-date=24 July 2009|language=he}}</ref>