Yet there has been little religious violence, and no pressure to impose Islamic law.
The problem today is knowing whether we are capable of imposing international law.
The king says he will impose martial law if anything similar happens again.
He said the government had no right to impose laws that violated basic human rights.
What we don't do is impose and enforce foreign laws on the indigenous population.
The army was created by the American military after it occupied the country and imposed martial law in 1915.
Even now in the 1980's, they dared to impose martial law.
Although the Government has imposed martial law, police and soldiers made no move to interfere.
Though the plan had been not to impose martial law until the early hours of May 21, troops are already visible on the streets.
Hamas officials denied having any plans to impose Islamic law.