‘Arabic law’ violators to pay thousands in fines

Mar 06,2014 - Last updated at Mar 06,2014

AMMAN — Violators of a law drafted to protect Arabic as the official state language will be fined JD1,000-3,000, the government has decided.

The Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed the Arabic protection draft law, aimed at safeguarding the language against “slang and foreign terms”, in official agencies and state-run educational and media institutions, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The bill is meant to preserve Arabic “to keep up with the requirements of modern civilisation in all fields and counter the phenomenon of widespread and arbitrary use of foreign terms”.

Arabic will be strictly used as “the language of talks, negotiations, memorandums and correspondence with other governments and international institutions, organisations and bodies”.

The bill also stipulates that no teacher or instructor shall be employed by an educational institution without passing an Arabic proficiency test.

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