Publisher Arab Printers Company | ||
Founded 1991; 26 years ago (1991) Website | ||
Shihan (Arabic: شيحان) is a Jordanian 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.
History and profile
Shihan is being published weekly by Arab Printers Company. The paper has ties with the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan.
On 2 February 2006 Shihan published the caricatures of Muhammad originally published by the Jyllands-Posten. The reaction of the Jordanian street to this controversial move resulted in the firing the newspaper's editor, Jihad Al Momeny.
References
Shihan (newspaper) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA