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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Druze Al-Muwaḥḥidūn الموحدون Druze star and Druze flag Total population ≈800,000 –2,000,000 Founder Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad Regions with significant populations Syria 600,000 Lebanon 250,000 [8] Israel and the Golan Heights 143,000 [9] Venezuela 60,000 [10] [11] United States ...
The State of Jabal Druze was an autonomous area in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from 1921 to 1936. [4] [5] In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in Mount Lebanon. [citation needed] In Syria, most Druze reside in the As-Suwayda Governorate, which
Jabal al-Druze was home to about 50,000 Druze. [1] [2] It was the first, and remains the only, autonomous entity to be populated and governed by Druze. The 1925 Syrian Revolution began in Jabal al-Druze under the leadership of Sultan al-Atrash, and quickly spread to Damascus and other non-Druze areas outside the Jabal al-Druze region.
Outside the Golan, some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in Israel’s north. In contrast to other minority communities within Israel’s borders, many are fiercely patriotic.
Today, the Druze population is made up of more than 1 million people living primarily in Syria and Lebanon, where some have achieved high political office, as well as in Israel and Jordan.
Druze is the third-largest religion in Syria with 2010 results recording that their adherents made up 3.2 percent of the population. [2] [3] The Druze are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas east and south of Damascus in the area of Mount Druze.
Syria is located in West Asia, north of the Arabian Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq to the east, and Jordan to the south. It consists of mountain ranges in the west and a steep area inland.
Druze faith is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion, and Druze do not identify as Muslims. [4] [5] [6] The Jordanian Druze people are estimated to number at least 20,000, as of 2005. [1] The Druze, who refer to themselves as al-Muwahhideen, or "believers in one God," are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas west and north of Amman. The ...