[1] 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 pan-islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, eventually transforming in into an all-out sectarian riot.
[1] It was also claimed that a Jordanian Parliament Member, Muhammad Salim Abu al-Ghanam, was behind the eruption of the riot.
[1] Wide-scale anti-Hashemite riots took place the same year in December, lasting for five days.
The riots were severe – foreign consulates were attacked and many people were killed and wounded throughout the country.
[3] As a result of the riots, the Majali government fell and the introduction of Jordan into the pact was cancelled.