MA’AN, Jordan—King Abdullah founded Al-Hussein Bin Talal University six years ago to counterbalance the radical Islamic Salafist movement that has deep roots in the isolated desert around the city of Ma’an in southern Jordan.
The king’s bid to inject a moderate intellectual influence into the community has been lost, however, on Mrowan Alenaimat, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student at the university.
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