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| | Druze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Another well-known feature of the Druze religion is a fervent belief in human-only reincarnation for all the members of the community. | | | Druze religion does not allow them to intermarry with Muslims, Jews, or members of any other religions. | | | Because the Druze considered Tariq al-Hakīm to be the incarnation of God, they were persecuted by mainstream Muslims, especially after Hakīm's death in 1021. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze
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| | Druzes |
| | Druze religion has its origins in the second decade of the 11th century, when al-Darazi and Hamzah ibn Ali declared the sixth Fatimid caliph to be the incarnation of the godhead. | | | The Druzes attach particular importance to speaking the truth among themselves (although it is permissible to lie to outsiders and even to pretend to accept the religious beliefs of the ruling majority). | | | The Druzes of Israel have enjoyed the most stability and prosperity of all the Middle Eastern Druze communities. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/islam/shia/druze.html
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| | The Druze |
| | The Druze consider their faith to be a new interpretation of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. | | | Sabalan was a Druze prophet, believed to be either Zebulun, the sixth son of the Patriarch Jacob, or one of the emissaries who propagated the Druze religion in the eleventh century. | | | Druze sacred texts mention Sheikh Abu Arus, who was responsible for the propagation of the Druze faith in the region, and was buried in the village. |
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http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/druze.html
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| | Druze |
| | The Druze seem, to a large extent, to have originated from a group of Shi'is, the Isma'ilis, but they have diverged much, and the Koran does not seem to be a part of their religion. | | | Druze believe in one God and claim that the qualities of God cannot be understood or defined by humans. | | | The theology of Druze religion is called hikma and its main theme is that God incarnated himself in the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim, who they claim disappeared in 1021. |
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http://www.i-cias.com/e.o/druze.htm
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| | VNN Editorial - Jethro, The Druze And Vedic Origins |
| | Druze consider themselves as Muwahidoon, which translates as "the one, eternal religion, (Abu-Izzeddin, 1984; Betts, 1988; Firro, 1992)" much as a practitioner of Vedic religion is performing sanatana-dharma, the eternal occupation of the soul, rather than any temporally or geographically based religion (Prabhupada, 1972- from Introduction). | | | Some Druze pundits revealed that the original language of their scriptures was Sanskrit, and indicated that incarnations such as Buddha and Krsna are described in these books. | | | For instance, Sheik Farhoud, an eminent Druze religious leader in the northern Galil, commenting on the ontology of Jesus Christ, explained that the Christ on the cross was an illusory Christ. |
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http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET0307/ET23-8242.html
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| | Backgrounder: The Hidden Allegiance of the Druze |
| | The Druze sect was founded in 1017 in Cairo by a band of Islamic fanatics headed by Hamzah ibn Ali, the religious spokesman of Al Hakim Bi Amer Allah ("Ruler by the command of Allah"), the sixth Caliph of the Fatimid Dynasty in Egypt. | | | THE BELIEFS of the Druze sect, an offspring of Shi’ite Islam, are mystical and closely-guarded. | | | Druze doctrine is based on the mystical belief in one God who cannot be grasped by the human mind, but who has revealed himself several times in human form. |
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http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/medigest/janfeb00/backgrnd.html
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| | Institute of Druze Studies: Druzes |
| | Druzes believe that both the Bible and the Qur’an have esoteric meanings in addition to the exoteric or literal ones. | | | For example, Druzes venerate the messages of prophets in the Judaeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, who preached the word of God in their respective lifetimes. | | | The connection between Hakim and the Druzes is best substantiated through the religious writings of Hamza, the second person associated with the Druze faith, who was appointed as a religious leader by Hakim. |
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http://www.druzestudies.org/druzes.html
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| | the druze are very secretive about their religion - they don't preach, and they don't accept new converts. | | | the druze claim as their spiritual leader jethro (father in law of moses). | | | there are 300,000 druze in the world, and only 10,000 of them in israel. |
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http://www.taleblazing.com/2000/druze_clues.html
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| | Druze Q & A |
| | MZY: The Druze faith is a Muslim faith which is based on an allegorical interpretation of the Qur'an, the Muslims' Holy Book. | | | MZY: According to the Druze faith, the right-path cannot be attained without undergoing an arduous life of spiritual purification.The knowledge of the right path is a privilege restricted to those who opt to pursue spiritual gradation. | | | Perfect and the Existent." According to Makarem, this "tawhid in which the Druzes believe, is the meaning of the divine [Islamic] Message. |
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http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/israel/daliyat_al_karmil/19990115-druze_qanda.htm
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| | Druze on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Since the Druze religion was seen as an abrogation of Islam, the concealment of the substance of the faith is a religious obligation, marriages outside the faith are forbidden, and initiation from lay status (jahil, ignorant) to clerical (aqil, knower) is restricted. | | | DRUZE [Druze] or Druse, religious community of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, with important overseas branches in the Americas and Australia. | | | While preserving many Islamic symbols, the Druze religion also incorporates Gnostic and neo-Platonic tenets. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/D/Druze.asp
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| | The Druze |
| | Any Druze may read them, but if, having done so, he does not then follow their precepts, the divine judgment against him will be harsher. | | | Those Druze who choose this course must be ready to sacrifice the simple pleasures and vices. | | | When that great day is reached, they believe, al-Hakim and Hamza will emerge from hiding to establish justice in the world with the help of their fellow Druze. |
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http://www.netours.com/2003/Druze.htm
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| | The Druze Religion |
| | The Druze Religion In the Middle East are many religions. | | | The people of the Druze are as particular as their religion. | | | The Druze people believe in one God and claim that the qualities of God can not be understood or defined by humans. |
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http://www.freeessays.cc/db/40/rcj193.shtml
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| | Druze |
| | The Druze religion is a tenth-century offshoot of Islam, but Muslims view Druzes as heretical for accepting the divinity of Hakim, the third Fatimid caliph of Egypt. | | | Apparently the religion is complex, involving neo-Platonic thought, Sufi mysticism, and Iranian religious traditions. | | | Until recently, most girls were married between the ages of 12 and 15, and most men at the age of 16 or 17. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/islam-druze.htm
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| | Strat's Place - Daniel Rogov - Israel - Dining With The Druze |
| | The Druze accept no converts, marry only among their own faith, and have stayed for centuries on the land tilled by their forefathers. | | | The simple truth of the matter is that since ever since the 11th century, when Ismail al-Darazi and his followers broke away from the mainstream of Moslim thought, the Druze have closely guarded the tenets of their religion. | | | The fact that most Israelis and very few who do not live in the Middle-East do not have a deep understanding of the Druze population living in the country is no-one's fault. |
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http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/israel/dining_with_druze.html
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| | nthposition online magazine: Jews and Druze |
| | The Ismailis, the Druze's forefathers, are Shias [Seveners], schismatic Muslims who hold to complex, syncretic beliefs combining elements of Judaism, Christianity, and of Eastern religions, notably of Lamaism. | | | The Templars' religious beliefs were derived from those of the Bogomils, the Paulicians, and the Cathars, that is, from a Manichean, Gnostic philosophy that included that of Johanism, the knowledge of the Nazorean Essenes, who were in effect Buddhist Christians, and of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical books called the Zohar. | | | Their faith originated with but departs from that of the Druze. |
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http://www.nthposition.com/jewsanddruze.php
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| | MIFTAH--Christians Flee Homes after Druze Youths Riot |
| | In a Druze restaurant there are symbols for each of the faiths: a picture of St George slaying the dragon, a Druze leader and verses from the Qu'ran. | | | Although all of them speak Arabic, relations between the Christians and Druze have been strained since the establishment of Israel in 1948. | | | The violence began when a rumour spread among the Druze that Christian schoolboys had created photomontages of Druze schoolgirls with naked bodies and posted them on the internet. |
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http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=6876&CategoryId=14
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| | SEMP -Who Are the Druze? |
| | The Druze faith is founded on the Quran as interpreted by the propagator of the da wa. | | | The fascinating history of the Druze began with the Shia sect descendents of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. | | | The tenets of the Druze faith have been held in secret since the closing of the da wa in 1043. |
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http://www.semp.us/biots/biot_176.html
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| | Druze Clues MetaFilter |
| | I spent a day in a Druze village in the north of Israel and got to talk with locals and find out things about their lives in Israel. | | | When my father was backpacking in Israel 30 years ago, one night he set up his sleeping bag on the desert-floor. | | | (Imagine roughing it at the side of the road these days!) He woke to find himself circled by a group of strange, veiled desert-men: the Druze. |
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http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/29028
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| | Druze History and Culture.htm |
| | As a young Druze, I was exposed to all our religious practices (including Hikma readings), when my older brother used to take me with him to Thursday nights worship meetings in the Mejlis. | | | And hoping that this will stimulate communications with reasonable people who think that we are all equal human beings and each one of us created just as holy as the other person. | | | Expose the untruths introduced into Druze doctrine by non-Druze, or renegade Druze. |
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http://www.druzehistoryandculture.com
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| | Druze Society in Transition |
| | Publication of a 60-page booklet in Hebrew, The Druze in Israel, explaining the history, religion, culture, traditions, and contemporary social aspects of the Druze community, to provide young Jews with greater background knowledge. | | | Organization of a nationwide conference on "Israel's Druze Community: Toward the 21st Century" and publication of the conference proceedings in Hebrew | | | Publication of a booklet in Hebrew for dissemination in high schools, within the army, and among the general public to provide young Jews with greater background knowledge of the Druze community. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/jcprg4.htm
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| | Awesome Seminars Useful Resources Israeli Politics and Society Druze |
| | The Druze religion is monotheistic, and includes the belief in reincarnation. | | | Through natural growth and the de facto annexation of the Golan Heights their number had risen to 65,861 in May 1983, of whom 46,134 lived within the Green Line in 17 villages, 15 in the Galilee and two on Mount Carmel. | | | Even before the establishment of the State there were some Druze serving in the Haganah, and upon the proclamation of the state the majority sides with Israel, with many Druze voluntarily fight in the IDf during the War of Independence. |
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http://www.awesomeseminars.com/druze.html
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| | A Shorter Druze Catechism |
| | It is written in not unimpeachable Arabic-probably towards the end of the 19th century. | | | of the natural sciences: two sections including all religions and the fifth, about which it is said that it is indivisible (and is the largest and the genuine), is the Druze Religion; this is the wisdom of the slave of our Lord, Hamza. | | | "This is a document which concerns the knowledge of the secret of the Religion of the Druze with their belief from beginning to end; it is arranged by way of question and answer." |
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http://www.ismaili.net/Source/1325.html
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| | The Druze Page |
| | Founded in the early 11th century, the Druze faith is based largely on the dogma of Hamzah ibn Ali ibn Ahmad, a minister of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim. | | | Based initially of the doctrines of Shi'a Islam, the Druze believe that, through Hakim, God made a final appeal to humanity to redeem themselves before He returned to rule. | | | The Druze are found primarily in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan. |
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http://www.mideastinfo.com/Religion/druze.htm
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| | Institute of Druze Studies |
| | Provide information on Druze history, society, and faith; | | | Promote academic discourse about the Druzes and other related topics. | | | The IDS is currently pursuing its mission through international conferences and an academic journal. |
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http://www.druzestudies.org
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| | Lebanese, Israeli Druze leaders meet in Amman |
| | In 1956, Israel forced the Druze and Circassian communities to serve in the army. | | | Many Druze who lived in parts of British-mandate Palestine, refused to leave their homes and villages after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to Israel's creation. | | | The head of the Druze delegation from Israel, Saeed Nafaa, said his community will “fight” to put an end to its service in the Israeli army. |
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http://www.jordanembassyus.org/08202001001.htm
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| | France Syria Lebanon Druse Revolt 1925-1927 |
| | Led by Sultan al-Atrash, the Druze defeated the French in August and by September were joined by Syrian nationalists from the People's Party, who entreated their countrymen to join the revolt. | | | The Ottomans had never successfully subdued these mountain people; although split among themselves, they were united in their opposition to foreign rule. | | | Druze Revolt (1925), Druze also spelled DRUSE, uprising of Druze tribes throughout Syria and in part of Lebanon directed against French mandatory officials who attempted to upset the traditions and the tribal hierarchy of Jabal ad-Duruz. |
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http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/delta/druse1925.htm
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| | Lebanon Religion |
| | The first arabic site for Druze in Syria and Lebanon. |
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http://www.lebweb.com/dir/lebanon-religion-s_20
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