Last Friday, gunmen opened fire at St George’s Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hamoud in Jordan’s Karak governorate, killing nine people and injuring 40 others. The attack, which authorities have described as a "heinous act of terrorism”, was intended as a deadly attack on the Hashemite kingdom’s Christian community and its social fabric. Yet far from sowing division in its society, it appears to have galvanised a country already dealing with challenges on a number of fronts.