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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 Druze follow a lifestyle of isolation where no conversion is allowed, neither out of nor into, the religion. When Druze live among people of other religions, they try to blend in, in order to protect their religion and their own safety. [citation needed] They can pray as Muslims, or as Christians, depending on where they are. This system is ...
The Druze faith does not follow the Five Pillars of Islam, such as fasting during the month of Ramadan, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca. [12] [13] The Druze beliefs incorporate elements of Ismailism, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies. The Druze call themselves Ahl al-Tawhid "People of Unitarianism or Monotheism" or "al ...
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.
Within the Druze community, there are two different sub-groups. There is the al-Juhhal, or the Ignorant, and al-Uqqal, the Knowledgeable. The al-Juhhal group does not have the permission to view the holy texts, and they do not attend religious meetings. About 80% of the Druze people fall into this category of the Ignorant.
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Darazi (Arabic: محمد بن إسماعيل الدرزي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Darazī; died 1018) was an 11th-century Isma'ili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith who was labeled a heretic in 1016 and subsequently executed in 1018 by the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r.
The strike on Saturday hit a soccer field in the Arab town of Majdal Shams, home to a large Druze community, and killed at least 12 children, according to Israel. Israel blamed Hezbollah for the ...
In Eurasia, the greatest frequency and variety of haplogroup X is observed in the Druze, a minority population in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, as much in X1 (16%) as in X2 (11%). [12] The Druze also have much diversity of X lineages. This pattern of heterogeneous parental origins is consistent with Druze oral tradition.