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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, [71] 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.
al-Darazi – was an 11th-century Isma'ili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith; Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant contestant. She was a finalist in Miss Israel 2007. [29] Tiran Fero – Israeli teenager removed from life support and held hostage by members of the Jenin Brigades armed group
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, [51] and they constitute the majority of the population Aley, Baakleen, Hasbaya and ...
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.
Star of Ishtar, an ancient symbol associated with the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar; Star and crescent, an Islamic symbol; The Star (Tarot card), one of the Major Arcana; Druze star, a symbol of the Druze religion; Marian star, a six-pointed star used as a Roman Catholic symbol of celestial objects; Rub el Hizb, a common Islamic symbol
The Druze strictly avoid iconography, but use five colors ("Five Limits") on their Druze star and Druze flag as a religious symbol: [7] [8] [9] green, red, yellow, blue, and white. Each color pertains to a metaphysical power called ḥadd , literally "a limit", as in the distinctions that separate humans from animals, or the powers that make ...
The Druze star; the first limit (green), ... The Wadi al-Taym was the first area where the Druze appeared in the historical record under the name "Druze". [246]