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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 ...
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%). [97]
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 ...
The United States is the second largest home of Druze communities outside the Middle East after Venezuela (60,000). [5] According to some estimates there are about 30,000 [6] to 50,000 [7] Druzes in the United States, with the largest concentration in Southern California. [8] Most Druze immigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon and Syria. [9]
The Druze people are believed to constitute about 0.5% of the total population of Jordan, around 32,000 people. [25] 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 .
Druze people from the Ottoman Empire (11 P) S. Syrian Druze people (1 C, 25 P) Syrian people of Druze descent (1 C, 5 P) V. Venezuelan Druze people (3 P)
Jethro, Moses' non-Hebrew father-in-law, is a central figure, particularly in the rites and pilgrimages, of the Druze religion. [17] [18] He is called Shuayb and viewed as the most important prophet for the Druze. [19] [20] Nabi Shuʿayb is the site recognized by Druze as the tomb of Shuʿayb.
There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 100 past and present members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group.