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The name Druze is derived from the name of Muhammad bin Ismail Nashtakin ad-Darazī (from Persian darzi, "seamster") who was an early preacher. Although the Druze consider ad-Darazī a heretic, [70] the name has been used to identify them, possibly by their historical opponents as a way to attach their community with ad-Darazi's poor reputation.
Other Druze respondents identify their ethnicity as "Druze" or "Druze-Arab". [102] According to the Israel Democracy Institute survey conducted in 2015, around 54% of Druze respondents said that religious identity (the Druze identity) is the most important identity for them, followed by Israeli identity (37%) and Arab identity (5%).
The Druze are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas east and south of Beirut. [2] The Lebanese Druze are estimated to constitute 5.2 percent of Lebanon's population. [2] They live in 136 villages in Hasbaya, Rashaya, Chouf, Aley, Marjeyoun and Beirut, [52] and they constitute the majority of the population Aley, Baakleen, Hasbaya and ...
In Syria, the Druze historically aligned themselves with the Arab Socialist Baath Party and have largely supported the Assad regime during the country’s brutal civil war. This has provided them ...
The Druze are an Arab sect of roughly one million people who primarily live in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Originating in Egypt in the 11th century, the group practices an offshoot of Islam which ...
The Israeli military said the victims were struck by an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram warhead that was fired by Lebanese Hezbollah group at a soccer field in the Druze Arab town.
Religion. Amin Tarif, religious leader of the Druze in Palestine and Israel. Suliman Bashear – Palestinian-Israeli scholar of Islam. Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah – central religious figure of the faith and sixth Imam - Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate. Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad – founding religious leader.
The Arab population in 2023 was estimated at 2,065,000, representing 21% of the country's population. [ 1 ][ 122 ] According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (May 2003), Muslims, including Bedouins, make up 82% of the entire Arab population in Israel, along with around 9% Druze, and 9% Christians. [ 123 ]